America has abandoned its role as a global leader, says a top U.S. ally

One of America's top allies in the Middle East offered an excoriating assessment of the U.S. role in the region, saying that the United States is "absent." "There is a vacuum in the overall leadership in the world," Iraqi Vice President Ayad Allawi told CNN's Christiane Amanpour in an interview airing Friday. "The Americans need to […]

Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2017/06/30/america-has-abandoned-its-role-as-a-global-leader-says-a-top-u-s-ally/