Welcome to the Post-American World Order

From the Washington Post:

State-run media says Tehran has approved a plan Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in defiance of U.N. demands it halt enrichment efforts.

Now that the humbled and contrite United States has decided to ignore the moral obligation that comes with the power to protect the innocent and champion freedom, the world is about to discover what the citizens of any city or town would discover if those in public safety decided to sit back and watch.