- primarily do to Obama having made it his social experiment, and because he has forced out and chased away the best and brightest of the military minds. What we have now are the brightest politically-minded military minds. I think we would likely fall short in a major conflict against a real opponent right now - and I think the behavior seen on the ship taken by the Iranians on the day of the Iran Deal exemplifies this.
Regarding the economy. the entire res of the world is in bad shape right now, so we are, at present, the haven of choice for foreign capital because there is no other choice. I see us falling inot the same boat as the rest of the world in short order with our present policies. We run up debt like it doesn't matter, and we cripple ourselves with unnecessary rules & regs such as the Paris Accords.