“The great challenge of our time for America is our competitive position in the world and understanding this great diffusion of new power. The United States is no longer the dominant power on earth as we have been the last 50 years. That’s good news, I think.”
Who said it?
Jacques Chirac?
Gerhard Schroeder?
Osama bin Laden?
Saddam Hussein?
Nope.
US Senator Chuck Haigle (who, nicely enough, is a Republican)