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On its 250th birthday, America must leave behind the illusion of primacy
The article argues that the United States must abandon the illusion of global primacy, citing the failed Iran war as evidence of the limits of its power. It highlights the US's post-Soviet Union overreach and the collapse of the myth of American indispensability in the Arab world.
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