I wouldn't characterize it as "the demise of the USA", Bobert. Germany and Japan are still around and are still great nations. Russia is still around and is still a great nation, despite the fall of the Soviet Union. The USA will still be around after this present corrupt imperial order has been quashed too. I am sure of that. Great nations survive their temporary descents into periods of aggressive and irresponsible militarism, and they rebuild themselves into great nations again.