[Magnum44]

Running all around the world looking for Monsters to Destroy is why the USA has overstretched itself, and is in such decline.

Thats BS. We are overstretched and in financial distress because of a lot of over spending, but the military part of that is a few percent. The welfare mentality and cradle to grave approach to govt health care was the start of our problems. Corruption has led to the rest.

[Reverend Wright]

It's not financial. It's industrial. Compared to China the USA is relatively worse off than Japan was vs USA in 1941.

(World Steel Production % by country)