"From the date of the "blink of the eye" fall of Afghanistan, America will be known as an unreliable, bankrupt ex-world power with only marginal meaning to the rest of the world. Our traditional friends are now positioned to either be "picked off" by China or to accept unholy alliances with China to survive. Traditional friends and allies will no longer look to America for leadership or as an example of the strength offered by free, democratic, capitalistic, and Judeo-Christian ideals."