U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio delivered a speech in Athens on Oct. 7, warning that Western nations are surrendering their sovereignty and neglecting the values that built their civilization. He emphasized that the United States and Europe are at a critical crossroads.
“The course we take will determine whether the West maintains its place at the head of the world, or resigns itself to a future of atrophy, and servitude, and decline,” he warned.
Rubio delivered his remarks from the Pnyx in Athens, an elevated hillside overlooking the Acropolis. The site had served as the meeting place of the ancient Athenian democratic assembly and today symbolizes the birthplace of democracy….