is a metaphor for the empire. The empire is tired and needs rest and recuperation. in order to do this grandiose plans of dominating Russia and China need to put out to pasture. One could maintain a less offensive posture world wide and give the nation a well deserved pause to recover. Instead, the great strategists advising Biden try to get tough before each “diplomatic” overture. In reality, the implementation of sanctions, the broadcast of provocative threats, delivering weapons to the point of conflict, executing regime change plots, etc., are actually the machinations of the MIC struggling for survival in the face of domestic challenges that can no longer be neglected without an irreversible terminal decline from which the nation won’t recover.
