Oh, Say Can You See America

This in-depth preface is purposely designed to place the reader in the correct frame of mind to grasp the gravity of the situation facing America and comprehend the downward spiral we have entered collectively as a nation. The United States hegemony, competitive advantage, economic interests, national security, social construct, morality, and military capability are being threatened and contested on multiple levels, internally and externally. The global situation has escalated to a point where our past global retreat and inactions are now forcing us to face significantly more risk. It is imperative that we adopt a more deliberate and strategic foreign policy posture, spend significantly more on targeted foreign investments, reengage partners, fix our sociocultural crisis, and develop new alliances to not fade away into irrelevance as so many great empires did throughout history.