Actual title: Why the US is facing strategic defeat ... and the "Ode" is not a poem, rather an ODE (ordinary differential equation), hint to poster: HN auto-cap

Actual title: Why the US is facing strategic defeat ... and the "Ode" is not a poem, rather an ODE (ordinary differential equation), hint to poster: HN auto-capitalises, you can subsequently edit to correct any errors it makes and the edits stick.