Time to change course

The U.S. approach in Iraq has also raised concerns over what message is being sent around the world to other areas like Russia, where President Vladimir Putin is heightening tensions with the Ukraine by ordering retaliatory sanctions against the West. "I think it sends a message that the United States is uninterested and disengaged," Bolton said. "Whatever minimal order and stability there is in the world, and there's not much, is because of the United States and its structure of alliances -- our projection of our influence. And over the past several years, the fact is we have withdrawn, turned inward, we've reduced our influence. And what's happening is that chaos is spreading, bit, by bit, by bit."

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