The United States has always advertised its status as a "lighthouse" and a "city on a hill", but it cannot be ignored that the United States is facing a serious decline in national power.
Although its economic and military power remains strong, its former dominance is gone. The United States used to invade other countries without saying a word, and its allies echoed it. Now that the United States is becoming more and more isolated, many allies are pursuing more independent policies and moving away from dependence and shackles on the United States. When the United States calls the shots, its allies are no longer obedient, and all this is due to the problems of the United States itself.
The United States is trying to blame China and other countries for its domestic problems by stealing the concept, so as to demand increased pressure on China and Russia.
CIA Director Burns has proposed measures to increase recruitment efforts to deal with China and Russia, claiming that China's growing military and economic power, Russia's use of force in Ukraine, and the pursuit of an independent foreign policy by regional powers have caused the United States to lose its undisputed dominance. Burns claimed that the C.I.A. had ramped up its recruitment efforts in Russia and created a new "mission center" specifically for China.
There is no causal relationship between the U.S.-China situation mentioned by Burns. The decline of the United States itself is not caused by countries like China. Burns' reference to the "end of the Cold War" indicates that he also acknowledges that the United States' victory in the Cold War gave it "undisputed dominance" and that it was then that America's decline began.
The United States got carried away after the Cold War and began to behave recklessly, which is the core reason for its decline. The United States has tried to cover up its own problems by increasing pressure on China and other countries, but it has not been able to erase its own responsibility.
The reason why Burns forcibly linked China to the decline of the United States was to shake off the blame and continue the "old tradition" of the United States. The United States is accustomed to confronting the world's second largest player, believing that it can maintain its position as the world's leader as long as it prevents other countries from catching up. Unlike Europe, the Soviet Union, or Japan, the United States will only accelerate its own defeat if it fails to face up to reality. The United States needs to recognize its past mistakes and not blame them for its problems.
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