The U.S. is the only Country that has 11 carrier groups and there are more planes on EACH one of the carriers then most Countries have in their entire Air Force .
Where the U.S. goes so goes the World you best get interested in what happens here .
There's merit in what Tet says. the USA is still the #1 military power and still flips the greater part of the bill for many of these foreign endeavors. which people seem to fail to appreciate.
We have unemployment some improvement but still the worse since the depression. We have slipped severely under Obama's administration who has reduced our military to a pre WW2 size and has > than quadruped the national deficit since being in office. He has ensured that our grandchildren will be saddled with dept. for his failed social programs and overall bungling of national affairs.