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International backlash is accelerating because allies view the strikes as a break with long-standing norms.
Accountability failures at the top create strategic openings for authoritarian actors abroad.
The erosion of alliances and guardrails is reshaping the geopolitical landscape in real time.
Bobby Jones and Sam Osterhout open a door that’s been shut too long: the U.S. has entered a moment where the people empowered to make decisions of life and death are performing strength instead of practicing it, and that performative posture is dissolving the restraints that have kept the world stable for decades. When a military strike is ordered without oversight in the Caribbean, it isn’t just a legal question — it rearranges every assumption other nations make about how the United States behaves, and those states recalibrate instantly. What’s unfolding is the predictable result of leadership that treats military power like a prop rather than a responsibility, a pattern that encourages adversaries to test boundaries and forces allies to reconsider who can be trusted. The ability to maintain credibility in crisis relies not on chest-beating but on demonstrating that moral authority and strategic discipline still matter.
Tune in to this week’s Anchor Watch with Bobby Jones and Sam Osterhout!

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