“Losing” the World: American Decline in Perspective Tuesday 14 February 2012  Noam Chomsky   TomDispatch via truthout.org  (Photo: abbyladybug) Significant anniversaries are solemnly commemorated — Japan’s attack on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, for example.  Others are ignored, and we can often learn valuable lessons from them about what is likely to lie ahead.  Right now, More