As China and India develop, grow, and prosper, if the U.S. continues

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

down the neocon path and commits an huge proportion of its resources to trying to maintain military superiority over everyone, while our economic advantage wanes or fades,

...will we become to them as the Soviet Union became to us in the 80's?

Another in the long line of world historical leading powers that experienced "imperial overstretch" and collapsed from a combination of internal and external forces?

[acmejack]

1. Without a doubt!

No Nation can sustain a pace of >50% GNP expenditure on defense for long. Ours is probably even greater when one accounts for Homeland Defense and "Black" budget items.