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Even a ‘superpower’ is nowhere near as powerful as it looks

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Yet again, the US-Israel war against Iran is showing that even a so-called superpower is nowhere near as powerful as it looks. Although we will all suffer the political and economic effects of this war for many months and years to come, we humbler powers in Europe should find this renewed proof quite reassuring. With the important exception of nuclear weapons, the gap between what a superpower can...
Pattern Analysis and Deeper Implications: * Emotional Exploitation (ARC-0026, Fear Appeals): The authors use fear appeals to emphasize the political and economic effects of the US-Iran war, suggesting that it will have lasting impacts on Europe. * Distortion (ARC-0013, Out-of-Context Framing): The authors frame the US military as overstretched after a short, intense war against Iran, but they do not provide evidence for the claim that the US spent more than US$900 billion every year on its milit...