This is not a good development in the long run but seems to be a reality. Fareed Zakaria of Newsweek has a column reporting on his view of the recently completed World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

We have been watching this development with the crisis of American involvement in Iraq. This war is eroding American influence in the world and leading to a shift in international power. The result could lead us to the start of many of the prophecies we have long studied.

Check this article by Melvin Rhodes in a recent issue of WNP.