Barack Obama came to office promising to "fundamentally transform" America. As President, he has done so with most obvious and dramatic effect in the government's take-over of more and more of the private sector of the U.S. economy. Almost entirely lost in the hue-and-cry precipitated by such actions as the stimulus bill, ObamaCare, student loans and financial "reform," however, are Obama initiatives that threaten an arguably even more momentous transformation: Changing the United States from "the world's sole superpower" to a nation that may require the permission, or at least the help, of others to project power and defend its interests around the globe.
