Recently, apocalyptic headlines have run in some of the most reputable publications. Is there any semblance of reality in this tendency for doomsaying?

The leadup to the Iraq war accelerated a dangerous trend, where many people and nations are working to pull America from its superpower perch. Soon they will have their wish! But what will result will be a terrifying nightmare.

“British troops occupied Baghdad early yesterday morning at the end of a brilliant 100 miles march up the Tigris. With the British army of Mesopotamia capturing Baghdad it has shattered the dream which the Pan-Germans have been dreaming for more than 20 years.” (Times, March 12, 1917)
More on the real reasons for the adamant Franco-German opposition to U.S. war plans—and why they are significant

The United Nations is an outdated, corrupt institution fast losing its legitimacy as a peacemaker. Soon it will become defunct—and be replaced by a new world order.