[marktwain]

The writer ignores the biggest player on the field.

The U.S. media cartel.

The media cartel did everything it could to discredit President Bush and to elect President Obama.

The media cartel supported and encourages the vision of U.S. culture as evil and wrong, and encourages the idea of Islam as a “religion of peace”.

The 7 years the author speaks of are years of the “manufacture of consent” by the media cartel, through massive propaganda and lies.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Given the Democrats' allegiance to Obama's disastrous policies, the only hope for a restoration of American leadership is that a Republican wins the next election. But if Republicans nominate a candidate who fails to reconcile with the realities of the world as it is, then the chance for a reassertion of American leadership will diminish significantly.

That would be the media, academia and elected Democrats.