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The end of the American century
By Ari Shavit
Tags: aspen, iraq, capitalism 

ASPEN, Colorado - It's hard to think of a happier place than Aspen. The tiny mountain city in western Colorado is not only a place of breathtaking beauty, it is a place of inconceivable abundance. The town of wooden houses that was built as a mining town in the late 19th century turned into a town of wealth and well-being in the late 20th century. The wealthy of New York and Chicago come to Aspen to ski in the snows of December and January, and the tycoons come to vacation in the lovely hills of July and August.

Aspen is the place where the new American capitalism celebrates itself with restraint and elegance. No more gritty robber-baron capitalism, but a refined capitalism of environmental awareness, art collecting and outdoor concerts.

And yet even in Aspen, the Fourth of July this year differed from any previous Fourth of July. Although there were barbecues on the lawns, fireworks in the evening against the snow that remains on the mountaintops, there was an unpleasant silence in the air. A silence of restrained anxiety. A silence of an empire that has lost its way, of a superpower that is no longer certain of its supremacy.
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Ostensibly the problem is Iraq. The Americans cannot forgive themselves or their president for the adventure on the Tigris in which he has embroiled them. But the truth is that in Iraq the situation is improving. General David Petraeus, the commander of the armed forces in Iraq, is succeeding in imposing a relative calm there, and the elected government of Nuri Maliki is gradually becoming stabilized. In 2007-2008 Washington repaired the serious mistakes it made in 2003-2004 by instituting a sophisticated policy that succeeded in winning over both Shi'ites and Sunnis.

The achievements of the new strategy are still brittle and reversible, but they are likely to enable the next American president to withdraw from Iraq cautiously, gradually and without disgrace.

So the real problem is not Iraq. The problem is America. The problem is that 80 percent of Americans believe that their country is on the wrong track, and 75 percent do not believe that the economic situation next summer will be better than it is now. The problem is that of General Motors. The company's value is now a fraction of Toyota's. The problem is that Chrysler is on the verge of bankruptcy, Starbucks is in trouble and the Dow Jones is in deep trouble. The problem is that the budget deficit is out of control, the national debt is irreparable and the dollar is worthless. Something about the way the Americans do things is not working. Something is not as it used to be.

Three Rottweilers are now at America's throat: very expensive energy, badly shrinking credit and a collapsing real estate market. Uncle Sam is bleeding because his dependence on energy is greater than that of other countries. His addiction to credit is more serious than that of other countries, and he is very exposed to the bursting real estate bubble. Cheap energy, cheap money and accelerated construction rescued America from the collapse of the Twin Towers and the high-tech crisis at the beginning of the decade. They enabled America to celebrate as though there were no tomorrow and no bill to pay.

But tomorrow is here. The bill is steep.

The bottom line is cruel and profound: The American century is over. The 40 years (1945-1985) when America was the exclusive leader of the free world are over. The 20 years (1986-2006) when American was in effect the sole superpower are over. The era of imperial America, which dictated the world agenda, is over.

The very fact that America exported itself is acting as a boomerang against it. The Americanization of the world is what is weakening it.

The residents of Aspen are worried this summer because they are not waking up to a reality of another cyclical economic recession. They are waking up to a challenge the likes of which they have not known since Franklin Roosevelt invented the New Deal for them. Will a new Roosevelt be found for them in November?

While the rain begins to fall on the green valley that descends to the river, shortly before the start of the Sunday afternoon Dvorak concert, the concerned liberals of Aspen are talking about Barack Obama. Not because Obama really is a new and proven Roosevelt. Far from it. But because Obama is a promise for change. Obama is 2008's desperate longing to repair America.
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  1.   re; Obama 02:48  |  John Hargis Sr 11/07/08
  2.   Ari Shavit is correct, but there is a fourth Rottweiler 09:33  |  Natallie Durson 11/07/08
  3.   Natallie Durson 10:23  |  Tulip 11/07/08
  4.   Yeah But... 10:28  |  Yosemite 11/07/08
  5.   The financial legacy of the Jackass Years 10:53  |  Clickfool 11/07/08
  6.   What A Downer Post! 10:59  |  Yosemite 11/07/08
  7.   Ari, you are correct mostly, but exagerate GREATLY! 11:02  |  S 11/07/08
  8.   The US has gotten the political system it deserves 11:05  |  Margaret Connell 11/07/08
  9.   MUSLIMS TURN TO RULE THE WORLD 11:10  |  indrajaya 11/07/08
  10.   #2American Gentiles are TaxWorkHorses For Jewish st, Trash 11:12  |  cooper 11/07/08
  11.   Too soon to write off America 11:14  |  YZK 11/07/08
  12.   ANOTHER "RAMBO" IS NEEDED TO SAVE AMERICA 11:29  |  indrajaya 11/07/08
  13.   Bush, Sharon, Blair and Rice are names that history will damn 11:30  |  Aounist 11/07/08
  14.   Will the dollar collapse? 11:44  |  Dror 11/07/08
  15.   Ari: your "the dollar is worthless" is an exageration. 11:51  |  S 11/07/08
  16.   Re Natallie #2 11:53  |  Esther 11/07/08
  17.   What Ari Shavit lacks is understanding of economy 11:57  |  Genuine Tosefta 11/07/08
  18.   toothless rottweilers 12:04  |  Gregor 11/07/08
  19.   ReJohn #1 12:07  |  Esther 11/07/08
  20.   I will pray for Indrajaya 12:35  |  Tulip 11/07/08
  21.   Cooper, can I be your horse whisperer? 12:36  |  Tulip 11/07/08
  22.   This is no longer routine 12:36  |  Dror 11/07/08
  23.   TO the U.S.A, lending you a helping hand 12:41  |  AY 11/07/08
  24.   Natallie Durson 12:48  |  Londoner 11/07/08
  25.   Good article! "The urge for hegemony &preponderance by some will 12:54  |  lakshmi 11/07/08
  26.   # 19, TULIP 12:58  |  indrajaya 11/07/08
  27.   Bad news for Israel 13:18  |  JJ burke 11/07/08
  28.   future of US$ 13:28  |  Walt 11/07/08
  29.   Another prayer for Indrajaya 13:28  |  Tulip 11/07/08
  30.   Nr 9 Indrajaya 13:29  |  Serge 11/07/08
  31.   Shavit Is Right 13:35  |  Martin 11/07/08
  32.   Well, we are a nation of whiners... 13:38  |  Aphemia 11/07/08
  33.   On Two Fronts 13:54  |  Ronnie Wolman 11/07/08
  34.   America will Recover 14:14  |  Jane 11/07/08
  35.   WE ONLY CONSUME WE PRODUCE NOTHING!!! 14:20  |  tpg 11/07/08
  36.   An overview 14:37  |  Clickfool 11/07/08
  37.   Deleted by moderator 14:46  |  Asian Observer 11/07/08
  38.   It`s all because of Bush`s wars. No war on Iran! 14:51  |  Michael 11/07/08
  39.   Majority of world population is not white and Western 14:51  |  Mark B. 11/07/08
  40.   Still the supreme superpower- but 14:53  |  Shalom Freedman 11/07/08
  41.   Hery, John Hargis, before you run for president... 14:55  |  newageblues 11/07/08
  42.   America has been in worse positions before 14:59  |  Realist 11/07/08
  43.   What Ari Shavit is not saying 15:00  |  Mark B. 11/07/08
  44.   Esther #18 about "the professional USA friend" 15:01  |  S 11/07/08
  45.   life in israel is better 15:01  |  sam 11/07/08
  46.   don`t generalize that the rest of the country is akin to the col- 15:18  |  pal amer 11/07/08
  47.   Dear Londoner #23 and esther # 16 15:32  |  North American 11/07/08
  48.   Yes, but... 15:37  |  ARTH 11/07/08
  49.   1929 was a global recession 15:38  |  Ilan 11/07/08
  50.   That Forth Rottweiler... 16:02  |  Gray 11/07/08
  51.   North American (#44), American in NY, American, shaming America! 16:03  |  S 11/07/08
  52.   JJ burke # 26 16:11  |  Rica 11/07/08
  53.   Re: Obama 16:13  |  Rica 11/07/08
  54.   Wrong 16:31  |  America 11/07/08
  55.   Dear S # 47 16:34  |  North American 11/07/08
  56.   never underestimate 16:50  |  Voice of Thunder 11/07/08
  57.   optimism 17:11  |  JJ Burke 11/07/08
  58.   The end of America 17:18  |  Lulu 11/07/08
  59.   Re S#41 17:42  |  Esther 11/07/08
  60.   RE: MUSLIMS TURN TO RULE THE WORLD 17:51  |  Daniel 11/07/08
  61.   Londoner 17:52  |  Natallie Durson 11/07/08
  62.   Deleted by moderator 17:57  |  yeah 11/07/08
  63.   Sic Gloria Transit Mundi 18:02  |  Mark Lincoln 11/07/08
  64.   #26 burke proves he is completely a burke 18:19  |  victor hardman 11/07/08
  65.   How so very true, and there is more 18:24  |  Michael N 11/07/08
  66.   this article lacks substance 19:03  |  confused 11/07/08
  67.   US has a monkey on it`s back, Israel 19:25  |  Tom Clark 11/07/08
  68.   True..... 19:50  |  William 11/07/08
  69.   Another dark ages without America 19:54  |  ed 11/07/08
  70.   The Thing Is... 20:05  |  Yosemite 11/07/08
  71.   #33 TPG `losing liberties` 20:15  |  ballistic 11/07/08
  72.   Energy prices need to go up, home prices need to go down 20:24  |  Voice of Reason 11/07/08
  73.   Aspen, Colorado? 20:25  |  Jeff Northridge 11/07/08
  74.   what the hell is a North American, a Canadian, 20:32  |  Jewish American 11/07/08
  75.   "S" Those "besmirching" Americans... 20:40  |  Gray 11/07/08
  76.   Tulip, Yosemite, Ed 20:53  |  Johnny Drama 11/07/08
  77.   Dear Jewish American # 59 21:00  |  North American 11/07/08
  78.   yeah; Isn`t An Open and Honest Forum Wonderful 21:14  |  Gray 11/07/08
  79.   Gray i took the same oath you did , But I also 21:26  |  Steve -nyc 11/07/08
  80.   North American Gave Out Candy on 9-11 22:11  |  Jane 11/07/08
  81.   The end of the American century 22:19  |  Julie 11/07/08
  82.   Defeatism 22:25  |  Peter 11/07/08
  83.   Gray #63 22:29  |  Mickey 11/07/08
  84.   "Gob Bless America" 22:37  |  Gob 11/07/08
  85.   32 Jane is Right - America will Recover 23:03  |  Mark of Lewiston 11/07/08
  86.   Hello North American; Don`t forget.... 23:37  |  Gray 11/07/08
  87.   Not Iraq? What garbage 23:44  |  steve 11/07/08
  88.   Nut Ali Dursham 00:17  |  Efraim 12/07/08
  89.   North American hater 00:18  |  bobby 12/07/08
  90.   Right on Natali.. 00:34  |  Edithann 12/07/08
  91.   re #55 Tom Clark: `US has a monkey... 00:37  |  Colin Wright 12/07/08
  92.   Reply to Natallie Durson (Post #2) 00:42  |  Larry G. 12/07/08
  93.   Esther... 00:47  |  Edithann 12/07/08
  94.   The end of Israel. 01:12  |  Edithann 12/07/08
  95.   Buffalo NY: Heaven on Earth 01:23  |  Jeff 12/07/08
  96.   #84 Larry G.. 01:29  |  Edithann 12/07/08
  97.   # 2 01:29  |  THE TEACHER/INSTRUCT 12/07/08
  98.   Steve nyc; Thanks for your response 01:35  |  Gray 12/07/08
  99.   #22 Dror 01:42  |  ballistic 12/07/08
  100.   #28 Say Walt, tell them again! 01:47  |  ballistic 12/07/08
  101.   #32 Aphemia---right you are!!! 01:49  |  ballistic 12/07/08
  102.   to#56 Lulu in White Plains 01:57  |  Hilda 12/07/08
  103.   Larry G.; About those "facts" you like to "hand back" 02:02  |  Gray 12/07/08
  104.   #73 Great post Gray!!! 02:03  |  ballistic 12/07/08
  105.   Dear Larry # 84 02:14  |  North American 12/07/08
  106.   Thanks, again, ballistic.... 03:51  |  Gray 12/07/08
  107.   ballistic; I`ve posted a couple of comments FYI... 03:56  |  Gray 12/07/08
  108.   IRAQ is the ROOT CAUSE of ALL 04:45  |  Candida 12/07/08
  109.   Re 2 Hold the presses 05:31  |  Alan the real one 12/07/08
  110.   The New America 05:44  |  Ron 12/07/08
  111.   Don`t worry about America! 05:46  |  Ak John 12/07/08
  112.   re 94 Edy Annie and the Geritol 05:53  |  Alan the real one 12/07/08
  113.   re 93 Edy you need to take the Alzheimer medication 05:58  |  Alan the real one 12/07/08
  114.   Only a portion of America is the problem... 06:00  |  Maureen Ann 12/07/08
  115.   re 96 Edy You make Yogi proud 06:03  |  Alan the real one 12/07/08
  116.   Don`t right off america of yet 06:13  |  Alan the real one 12/07/08
  117.   #3, Tulip 06:21  |  Silvienne 12/07/08
  118.   #29, Tulip, "praying for Indy`s soul..." 06:24  |  Silvienne 12/07/08
  119.   #34, Jane from Palm Beach..excellent post! 06:25  |  Silvienne 12/07/08
  120.   #32, Well said, Aphemia...! 06:30  |  Silvienne 12/07/08
  121.   Two steps forward & one step back is no catastrophe. 06:34  |  Akram Zekaria 12/07/08
  122.   Barking rottweillers 06:51  |  allang 12/07/08
  123.   July 4th was an awkward day for the country cause it reminds one 07:11  |  Susanna/Shoshana 12/07/08
  124.   I`m Making It Official 07:12  |  Yosemite 12/07/08
  125.   Re Gray #75 07:18  |  Esther 12/07/08
  126.   Re Jane #34... a good, sound, voice for the great USA...! 07:26  |  Esther 12/07/08
  127.   Further horror to come for Americans 10:44  |  Clickfool 12/07/08
  128.   Put the blame squarely on the Jackass 10:52  |  Clickfool 12/07/08
  129.   Gray #75 11:09  |  S 12/07/08
  130.   US economy today is a result of a crooked ideology 11:12  |  Shoshana Thomasson 12/07/08
  131.   The Iraq war caused this and an Iran war would make it worse. 11:14  |  Michael 12/07/08
  132.   Silvienne and Hezbollah 11:33  |  Tulip 12/07/08
  133.   Silvienne and soul praying 11:34  |  Tulip 12/07/08
  134.   #107 Gray 11:56  |  ballistic 12/07/08
  135.   Walking means with both feet, left....r..r..r 12:09  |  FOX 12/07/08
  136.   To Natallie Durson 12:20  |  Shoshana Thomasson 12/07/08
  137.   For Michael # 131 12:58  |  Clickfool 12/07/08
  138.   Esther #59 (numbers change all the time) - second try 13:41  |  S 12/07/08
  139.   #39 Mark B....safe and secure in Amsterdam 15:01  |  Lynn 12/07/08
  140.   #128 Clicky....Why not menton the slump and 15:11  |  Lynn 12/07/08
  141.   Clicky 132 15:14  |  Michael 12/07/08
  142.   Gray # 75 The Oath Of Enlistment (part 1) 15:14  |  Jeff Northridge 12/07/08
  143.   To all and sundry on the demise of the US 15:27  |  Lynn 12/07/08
  144.   Dear Gray , the problem with the Arabs is the Arabs. 15:30  |  Steve -nyc 12/07/08
  145.   #121 Akram Zekaria 15:39  |  Lynn 12/07/08
  146.   Bobby # 89 15:59  |  North American 12/07/08
  147.   #131 It`s Dependence On Oil 16:00  |  Yosemite 12/07/08
  148.   fourth rottweiler 16:07  |  curious george 12/07/08
  149.   Statistical trend ?? 16:10  |  North American 12/07/08
  150.   War may end American empire, as it ended British one. 16:34  |  Michael 12/07/08
  151.   clickfool/jane both wrong 16:40  |  curious george 12/07/08
  152.   Gray # 75 The Oath Of Enlistment (part 2) 17:03  |  Jeff Northridge 12/07/08
  153.   Tosefta history does not repeat itself 17:06  |  Truth 12/07/08
  154.   Jane - recover, how far? 17:26  |  Mark Lincoln 12/07/08
  155.   indrajaya #9 if muslims were to rule the world,they would screw 17:28  |  terrornator 12/07/08
  156.   1938 to 2008 17:38  |  Mark Lincoln 12/07/08
  157.   Dhimmi Mark B from no white Holland 17:43  |  infidel 12/07/08
  158.   re 127 as much horror for the brits 17:46  |  alan the real one 12/07/08
  159.   Ari is wrong: There is still only one superpower! 17:46  |  Baruch Gold 12/07/08
  160.   Jane of Palm Beach 17:53  |  Efraim 12/07/08
  161.   I`m from Detroit 18:35  |  HonestAbe 12/07/08
  162.   U.S. congress has 9% APPROVAL RATING! 19:04  |  Barry Small 12/07/08
  163.   Obama 19:28  |  Karen 12/07/08
  164.   Stop funding Israel then 19:29  |  Welfare State 12/07/08
  165.   Shut Up 19:52  |  Sam H 12/07/08
  166.   All Right "S" 19:55  |  Gray 12/07/08
  167.   S # 51 A very simple explanation 1 of 3 20:02  |  AMERICAN in nY 12/07/08
  168.   S Pro American; nothing second or third; Pro American only 20:03  |  AMERICAN in nY 12/07/08
  169.   S What could be the reason of this coincidence? 3of 3 20:05  |  AMERICAN in nY 12/07/08
  170.   Steve -NYC 20:20  |  American in NY 12/07/08
  171.   Obama shifting to the middle a la Reagan 21:07  |  Mark B. 12/07/08
  172.   Silvienne 117, Hezbollah blew up the Marine barracks 21:17  |  The Equalizer 12/07/08
  173.   Gray you are a narrow-minded and small thinker 21:21  |  The Equalizer 12/07/08
  174.   Dhimmi Mark B from Holland 21:27  |  infidel 12/07/08
  175.   American in NY parts 1,2,3. 21:34  |  S 12/07/08
  176.   infidel, go to school again if you were there in the first place 21:44  |  Mark B. 12/07/08
  177.   #143, ANY 21:50  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/07/08
  178.   American in N. Y. Well said; Thanks 21:54  |  Gray 12/07/08
  179.   #140, ANY, misappropriating "American" 22:03  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/07/08
  180.   Silvienne 22:11  |  Tulip 12/07/08
  181.   Gray from Virginia (Greg Lemond country) , one thing though 22:16  |  Mark B. 12/07/08
  182.   #142, ANY, English anyone? 22:26  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 12/07/08
  183.   "They like the Jews" 22:28  |  anonymous 12/07/08
  184.   The End of the American Century 22:31  |  Sheryl Snow 12/07/08
  185.   Jonathanseer 22:35  |  jonathan Seer 12/07/08
  186.   Negative thoughts 22:43  |  Anonymous 12/07/08
  187.   Mark B. Amsterdam; Good point.... 23:46  |  Gray 12/07/08
  188.   silvienne 23:49  |  Efraim 12/07/08
  189.   Tulip @157 23:57  |  Efraim 12/07/08
  190.   dhimmi Mark B again 00:02  |  infidel 13/07/08
  191.   #107 Gray 00:14  |  Labhras 13/07/08
  192.   Name One Country Than Iran Has Attacked. 00:19  |  Gray 13/07/08
  193.   US oil imports 00:47  |  Gregor 13/07/08
  194.   Mark of Lewiston - it goes deeper than Bush 01:02  |  Mark Lincoln 13/07/08
  195.   The start of better things 01:14  |  julie 13/07/08
  196.   All other problems are small in comparison to Iraq 02:10  |  Dutch 13/07/08
  197.   Cipora # 156 Misapprpriation of American? What would you know 02:35  |  American in NY 13/07/08
  198.   America Lost but not Europe 02:40  |  Hans 13/07/08
  199.   Reply to posts # 93, #103 & #105 03:18  |  Larry G. 13/07/08
  200.   Read what Marx said about America, he was right 04:06  |  Yaakov Sullivan 13/07/08
  201.   # 153 Mark B..Just Some Information For you. 04:12  |  anonymous 13/07/08
  202.   BrazilianViewPoint 04:16  |  Brasileirissimo 13/07/08
  203.   Equalizer # 149 Jews attacked the USS Liberty 04:25  |  American in NY 13/07/08
  204.   168# Mark Lincoln "Ship Jobs overseas" ? 04:46  |  Akram Zekaria 13/07/08
  205.   c j kohn 156 05:07  |  potobac 13/07/08
  206.   #192, American in NY... 06:15  |  Silvienne 13/07/08
  207.   #183, Efraim... 06:17  |  Silvienne 13/07/08
  208.   #175, Tulip... 06:20  |  Silvienne 13/07/08
  209.   Just Fix It Congress! 06:28  |  Yosemite 13/07/08
  210.   #140, Lynn to Clickfool...quite correct! 06:29  |  Silvienne 13/07/08
  211.   #205, potobac 06:37  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/07/08
  212.   Gray and peaceful,war hating Iran 07:33  |  Ron 13/07/08
  213.   To AiNY (#203) 07:47  |  Morris Valentine 13/07/08
  214.   Forget Marx Yakoub Suleiman, what about that Arab child adoption 08:01  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/07/08
  215.   The LIE! 08:08  |  S 13/07/08
  216.   Ron; You`ve just got the usual insults, nothing new 08:39  |  Gray 13/07/08
  217.   one thing seems seems sure at this point .... 08:42  |  dutch 13/07/08
  218.   Infidel can`t seem to stop blaming the victims... 09:05  |  Dutch 13/07/08
  219.   Yakoub Suleiman Marx wrote many things most of them wrong 09:30  |  Genuine Tosefta 13/07/08
  220.   Ari, we`re thrilled the World is becoming rich-at our expense. 09:31  |  DK 13/07/08
  221.   Dutch the non historian 10:08  |  Gregor 13/07/08
  222.   219# Genuine Tosefta. Marx was right;human nature is wrong . 10:20  |  Akram Zekaria 13/07/08
  223.   Silvienne and Hezbollah 10:25  |  Tulip 13/07/08
  224.   Good Points 11:43  |  Daniel 13/07/08
  225.   # 182 Cipora JK..I was Amazed at the hate spewed by Any here. 16:09  |  KATHY 13/07/08
  226.   # 175 Dear S.Yesterday I had the misfortune to read the Virulent/ 16:25  |  KATHY 13/07/08
  227.   Haaretz Wake Up..Where are the responses? 18:55  |  . 13/07/08
  228.   Gray,no arguments? 20:16  |  Ron 13/07/08
  229.   #228 Ron A Wonderful Riposte,and rebuttal To That Worm..Gray 21:43  |  KATHY 13/07/08
  230.   Kathy 23:23  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 13/07/08
  231.   It`s a gray day in the nia of virgins #192 00:04  |  FOX 14/07/08
  232.   # 203 Alreight Fatso,Stop Bothering People.You`ve Done Enough. 00:13  |  anonymous 14/07/08
  233.   Morris Valentine # 213 the unshared democratic values of Israel 00:31  |  American in NY 14/07/08
  234.   Hi Kathy I don`t know that guy but It was funny to read his post 00:35  |  Ron 14/07/08
  235.   Next American Century 15:31  |  Steven Rosenberg 15/07/08
  236.   end of American century 22:15  |  Linda 17/07/08
  237.   Jewish American, you forgot about the other stuff Israel "gets" 09:25  |  Zev Davis 07/08/08
  238.   The End of the American Century 01:50  |  David Mason 14/10/08
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