Well written. And I agree with you. But... > the U.S. can minimize the loss of relative strength and maximize its absolute strength It's not an optimization p

Well written. And I agree with you. But... > the U.S. can minimize the loss of relative strength and maximize its absolute strength It's not an optimization problem that can be neatly solved. It going to be very chaotic. While the train tracks of where the story goes have been laid out, what happens on the train is mostly madness.