I can’t know the future. I read Bible prophecy for end times. I read the financial columns every day. Sure it looks grim. It looked grim for those who fought in WW1 too. They fought anyway. Many died for their country so that we could reap the benefit. Should we do any less?
I envy your optimism, but this time, with the population that would elect someone like Barack Obama president, I don’t think we have the sufficient number of patriots to reclaim what the USA once was.
The people we had during World War I were many cuts above what we have now.