"This was how the Soviet Union failed... Are we next?"
yep. the Chinese and Indians will inherit the Earth
what does the west have? Collapsing economy, dwindling industrial manufacturing capacity, increasingly aging effeminate, dilletante, morbidly fat unfit, ill and unskilled population, with rapidly diminishing natural reosurces and gutless clueless governments who play-act politics instead of actually running the country for survival
Best thing we could do is stand down our armed forces and use the money saved to pay the Indians to protect our interests globally. We outsource everything else to them, why not outsource our wars?
At least the Indians know whats required. Check how many Somali pirates they've arrested and sunk, compared to our efforts