U.S. weakness breeds global instability

By J.D. Gordon

Published March 11, 2014 12:00am ET

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U.S. weakness breeds global instability — In a recent interview, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested that U.S. weakness is fueling instability around the world. How true. We can see the proof unfolding before our eyes. Russia has seized Ukraine‘s Crimean Peninsula. Venezuela‘s regime has killed and wounded dozens of student protestors, jailing hundreds more. Syria‘s regime has killed 130,000 people […]

In a recent interview, former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld suggested that U.S. weakness is fueling instability around the world.

How true. We can see the proof unfolding before our eyes.

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