Think about it a lot, now think about how this country could become so irrelevant as to not be mentioned in the coming battle?
I Think GW's Israel policy pushed this along.
That whole "I will bless those that bless thee"....thing may be true, huh?
remember all the powers and kingdoms of the past: the roman empire, byzantine, spanish, the british empire...232 years of America is like a blink of an eye.