that's a product of the american economy, whose pre-eminence no one ever doubted. that doesn't automatically imply that america is a militaristic nation suited for imperial pursuits. quite the opposite. america was mostly non-interventionist. intervening only when forced to. the american ethos conflicts with the idea of intervening somewhere to force their way of life on them. that isn't even possible, since no one gives up their culture if you go around killing their peers. foreign intervention is both ineffective and un-american. america should focus on space.
Jihadi