I can imagine the floating armada death star of the US Navy approaching Korea playing Cher's " If I could turn back time" on heavy rotation. "Too proud to tell you I was wrong."
Big events have big consequences. The massive loss of American power money and prestige in the 2008 financial melt down meant that China jumped two decades ahead overnight as a functioning liquid economy...you can't get that back. We all expected China to rise in about 20 years time, for sure, but those clowns in the US...the Wall Street folk, just took the money home or blew it all. no investment in America...none... You can't get back from that.Real losses are in fact real losses.