Letters: A shift in global power

Under the guise of the “war on terror” the US is locked into ghastly adventurism in Afghanistan and Iraq, which while cravenly supported by the British government is reviled almost everywhere else. It has also sought to shore up US economic and political interests in Central Asia, driven by the need for access to oil. Meanwhile there is a seismic shift in global power which could leave the US isolated and thus likely to respond in the only way it will have left at its disposal: through war.

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