How many word would you like? I think you understood what my point was, as for it was clear and succinct. Did you want bullet points and references? America is currently largely a failed state (in terms of future global power), has the most funded military that cannot win wars but serves as a jobs program and as result is a large part of its own economy. A medical system that is expensive but cannot meet the needs of its people and also has a non-functioning government however it is a country with a lot economic inertia. This inertia will be a long slow deceleration that will lead it to fate similar of England.