For decades, the United States claimed the moral high ground: rules-based order, international law, sovereignty, multilateralism. Yet the last fifteen years tell a different story. From unilateral strikes to regime disruption, from sanctions weaponized as policy to spectacular “capture” moments broadcast for symbolism, the world is quietly asking a question once considered taboo:
Has the United States transitioned from global policeman to global bully?
This is not an emotional accusation. It is a structural question—about power, resources, technology, and the collapse of the post-Cold-War consensus into what can only be described as a New World Disorder.
From Bin Laden to Maduro: When Optics Become Strategy
In 2011, the now-iconic image of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton watching the Osama bin Laden raid from the Situation Room symbolized closure after 9/11. It was grim, restrained, almost apologetic.
Fast-forward to 2026. The image of Donald Trump, surrounded by aides including Marco Rubio, watching the capture of Nicolás Maduro, feels fundamentally different.
Different room.
Different technology.
Different intent.
The first was about ending terror.
The second looks a lot like projecting dominance.
This shift matters.
