The world is lurching towards the U.S

[Ijaz Ahmad Zarrar]

Out of the 1.5 billion.

But still quite large number of people

 

[Foggy_Bottom]

Audacity to lecture?

Is US above reproach?

And this coming from someone who preach others on "freedom of expression"?

I said audacity and not anything about the 'right to lecture'.

 

[ResurgentIran]

Did you see or read what happened in Cuba my fellow PDF posters?

Obama will move as soon as next month to defang the 54-year-old American trade embargo against Cuba, using broad executive power to defy critics in Congress and lift restrictions on travel, commerce and financial activities.

The moves are only the beginning of what White House officials and foreign policy experts describe as a sweeping set of changes that Mr. Obama can make on his own to re-establish commercial and diplomatic ties with Cuba

I'd predict that U.S. in under 10 years will move towards having a good relationship with Iran, and with a couple of those within Latin American that seem to be acting as irritants.

History tells us that countries that have experienced difficult relationships with the U.S., even after a long period has passed, that they eventually lurch towards America once things normalize.

History also shows that they will disregard the other powers they have been embedded with, and during their history of turmoil with the U.S, to prefer to move towards us.

This is completely logical given that a majority of the world's citizens up for relocation, would say that they would love to come live within our borders, and if that were not possible,they would hope their country had the freedoms,rights and standards afforded to them just like in America.

Now we are not prefect but we are darn near it.
Have you ever heard of people say 'we would like our country to emulate the lives of citizens within a dictatorial, communists or pseudo democratic country?'

Do you wake up thinking, 'how cool would it be to live in a country where some form of communism or pseudo democracy were in place?' Where we are told what to read, how to act, where journalists were thrown in jail, dissent was not tolerated, freedom of press to protect civilians rights did not exist or any religious freedoms?

About 13% of the world's adults -- or more than 640 million people -- say they would like to leave their country permanently. Roughly 150 million of them say they would like to move to the U.S

Who Wants to Move to the U.S.?

SURPRISED to see emerging global challengers having millions of their own citizens wanting to move to the U.S?

Maybe its the US that is lurching towards Iran, after decades of refusing to accept the legitimacy of an indigenous and independent political order, and then finally realizing that they can not subjugate an 80 million country.
Actually they may not have come to accept Iran as an independent country just yet. But they will be forced to, as world power balances change.
Cuba case is different. Cuba was a point of great contention with Latin America, and it was in the US interest to normalize Cuba, to restore American influence and "soft power" in Latin America. Especially since Cuba is a benign country which can not threaten the US.

You are a declining power (in relative terms) in the Middle East. Despite attempts to destabilize Iran and sanctioning it, Iran now stands out as one of the most stable and powerful countries in the region.
So if you are interested to have some kind of long term presence and interest in the ME, you better get along with and accommodate Tehran.

To sum up, America is bending to the will of countries like Cuba. lol