Every empire in decline has a moment where it CHOOSES between strategic restraint (accept limits, preserve strength) and imperial overreach (one more war to prove dominance).
Rome chose overreach (endless Germanic wars, Persian campaigns) and the end result… collapse.
Britain chose restraint (post-WWII, liquidated empire peacefully) and the end result… survived as smaller power.
USSR chose overreach (Afghanistan) and the end result… collapsed.
Unfortunately, the U.S. is at that choice point RIGHT NOW.
Iraq and Afghanistan were warnings.
IRAN IS THE TEST
If we Choose overreach, we follow Rome and USSR into history’s graveyard.
If we Choose restraint, it will be a painful but a survivable transition to a multipolar world.
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