{"id":19364,"date":"2017-01-21T22:33:31","date_gmt":"2017-01-21T22:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19364"},"modified":"2017-01-21T22:33:31","modified_gmt":"2017-01-21T22:33:31","slug":"the-world-is-watching-a-great-nations-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=19364","title":{"rendered":"The world is watching a ‘great’ nation’s turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I’m watching the news today and getting an eye and earful about how the world is reacting to Donald J. Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States.<\/p>\n

I received this e-mail message from a friend of mine in Australia. He is\u00a0a worldly fellow, a keen student of U.S. politics. My friend writes: “We’re all praying for you … and ourselves as well. We’re all in this together. For historical precedent, check out Germany 1918-1939 or the Cultural Revolution in China. I honestly thought the extent of Russian involvement in the election was grounds for treason, but clearly the rules have changed!”<\/p>\n

No mention, of course, of the women’s marches around the world that are occurring today.<\/p>\n

I’m guessing women marched in my friend’s city in South Australia.<\/p>\n

I won’t elaborate on his statement regarding pre-World War II Germany or what happened in the 1960s in China.<\/p>\n

Suffice to say that, though, that the world — if my friend’s message is any indicator, and I believe it is — cares deeply about what happens in the United States.<\/p>\n

What does that mean? To me it means two things.<\/p>\n

One is that we are in fact the world’s most indispensable nation.<\/p>\n

The other aspect is that the United States of America continues to be “great,” despite what the brand new president has bellowed to the contrary.<\/p>\n\n

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