

If the us wants to fight it needs to be now. But they have no domestic support and no foreign support. They had all the cards and fumbled them over and over by electing terrible leaders.
Now the only smart option is to fall to 2nd place gracefully and try build up domestic production and strong alliances. However no one likes to give up power and the American leadership is anything but smart.
You would get the shit beat out of you saying this in a locker room. No one talks shit about basketball.