It’s always good to be at the top of the food chain.
“It’s always good to be at the top of the food chain.”
Sure, but Power = Capabilities x Intentions. Having the best military and weapons is worthless if they are sidelined by a “leader” who preemptively declares we will not use them even against countries that do really bad stuff etc. Similarly, even “threats” by a superpower carry little weight if the “leader” issuing them is perceived as too timid to carry them out. A tiger is fearsome: a paper tiger, not so much.