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Fareed Zakaria names "brain dead politics" as the biggest problem confronting the U.S. which has grown "fat and happy" in its "imperial bubble."
On issues of energy policy, social security, health care and immigration, Zakaria claims that America has lost its competitiveness along with its ability to suffer short-term pain for long-term gain.
Fareed Zakaria, author of The Post-America World, states that one big drawback to increased worldwide prosperity is the increased demand on resources.
Increased demand, Zakaria claims, leads to surging prices, growing shortages, and narrow-minded nationalism which, in turn, spark conflicts like that in Darfur.
Fareed Zakaria contends that John McCain has fallen prey to a neo-conservatism which aims to "declare another cold war" that ruinously ignores the contemporary political climate.
Although Zakaria believes Obama is a better candidate, Zakaria claims that Obama's high expectations will go unmet if he doesn't change his trade policy.