I have always had this nagging feeling that america is a flash in the pan. We came out of nothing and in no time we became the biggest thing on the planet. It seems logical then, to assume we will go out the same way. I have a feeling that america will be a non-player in the end days because amerca will somehow be taken out of the big time heavyweight players. I suspect we will be taken out by ourselves somehow, since no one else on the planet is capable of taking us out. I’m thinking a scenario like the movie “the postman”, or something else maybe not so similar.
Meanwhile, China just sits back and waits for the west to fall or become seriously compromised. Then they strike...same philosophy Lenin/Stalin had. Let the war weaken your enemy and then take them all out when they're all weakened. It didn't work for the USSR but the Chinese have learned from their mistakes.