Of course some countries are targeting America. We are seen as an imperial Bully who has no common sense and is well hated on a grand scale.
Some countries dont want US involvement......Cant blame them there.
Youandme, you see we're making more enemies by the day,right??
Yes, we are, but the Britain population before the Industrial Revolution were saying the exact same thing "wow, we have taken over how many countries, we are the richest, we have alot of enemies, the french are blocking are ports and the Rhinelands are not sending us grain any more, were fucked"
But they were not, because the only way other countries could survive was by working together and allowing Britain what they wanted (natural resources) in exchange for information (technology, spinning jenny, etc.)
What we as Americans do, is vote in the most applicable representatives that know how to do what Americans do best - litigate-
What we are doing now is nothing more than a stalemate, since we have too much on our plate, but that will change once we are tired of this armament phase.
India, is not a problem, the emigration over the the US is !!!! Too much too fast, making US dollars and sending it out of the country.
How long did it take for Germany / Japan to bounce back?
From WWII?
Took quite a long time, Germany never fully recovered because Wessley Clarke was not able to have hands on approach he wanted to, and we made too much money hiring US workers to do the work instead of German workers, but sometimes it changed depending on the contractor.
Japan same situation.
Germany however after WWI bounced back more than any other country after a depression with 4 years Hitler took 6 the unemployeed rate that was 6 million down to 5ook within 4 years.