It must also be said that empire's are parasitic stealing the wealth and well-being of Americans and NATO puppet states. We Westerners think the mighty empire is our protection from conniving enemies, its not. It is actually destroying our societies. It is entirely predictable in 20 years USA will be like Britain, broke and on the ropes. Empires are as fallible as the idiots that run them, and they can only write so many cheques before they start bouncing. Empires are houses of cards built on quick sand.