Analysis: US reliability questioned overseas

An unmistakable sense of unease is growing in global capitals as the US government from afar looks increasingly befuddled. America is shirking from a military confrontation in Syria, stymied at home by a gridlocked Congress and in danger of defaulting on sovereign debt, which could plunge the world's financial system into chaos...

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