Commentary Are America’s days as a global superpower over? It sure looks that way at the moment. Actually, it’s looked that way for the past year or so. Under the current administration, the U.S. influence in the world is rapidly decreasing. The United States is subjected to events more than being involved in positively shaping them and optimizing outcomes. From Ukraine and Western Europe, to Afghanistan, Australia, China, Taiwan, and Japan, unclear policies have undercut its credibility. Ukraine on the Brain What is it with those in Washington of the Ukraine invasion persuasion? By hyping the “imminent Russian invasion” that for weeks has been neither, the United States is looking like geopolitical amateurs, not the global leader it has been for the past seven decades. Why the big campaign about Russian President Vladimir Putin invading Ukraine? He may do so, but he may not. The reality is that bringing Ukraine …