Letter to the Editor: American isolation will affect the world economy
Reader Eugene Clegg says if the U.S. pulls back from the world stage, many other countries will suffer.
A book titled “The End of the World is Just Beginning” was suggested by a friend and was an excellent read. It’s the author’s belief that our world as we know it is ending. The data driven evidence indicates that we are about to deglobalize.
The history of how we got here since 1945 is explained as a result of our winning WWII. The U.S. ended the war with the largest intact Navy. We have used that power he calls “The Order”, to prevent the usual petty wars in Europe and between nations in Africa, Asia, and S. America. We have prevented most piracy on the high seas, thus lowering insurance costs for ocean transport. In return, the…
