During the brief time the US enjoyed being an uncontested global superpower, it managed to invade Iraq, creating a power vacuum, leading to the rise of ISIS. L

During the brief time the US enjoyed being an uncontested global superpower, it managed to invade Iraq, creating a power vacuum, leading to the rise of ISIS. Let's not pretend history ever stopped repeating. It was always repeating. If you think the world enjoyed a brief reprieval under a single superpower, that's because you and I happened to live in privileged places.