Military power alone cannot sustain global dominance, and attempts to assert it in the face of structural decline may hasten the very outcome they seek to prevent.
But with a maniacal president who cannot tolerate even a simple difference of opinion, a country that dares not to comply with his demands turns into an enemy that must be eliminated.
[M]ore American troops will complicate US relations with its NATO ally Turkey and the bloody situation with Syria divided between rebel factions battling for dominance.