The most powerful country in the world is America. Indeed, America is so powerful, both militarily and economically, to which that power extends far beyond all national boundaries. America is literally a world empire, in fact, it can be said, that it is also the greatest and most powerful global empire the world has ever known. If it was once said, that the sun did not set on the British Empire, today it can truly be said that there is no part of this planet, to which, America is not the ring master of the greatest show on earth. No country, no matter how big, or populous, no matter its religion, or its people, can be enemies with America, because to be truly at odds with America, will surely mean economic ruin and regime transformation of that country, should America demand that it must be so.
Of course, power is not justice, as power is at its most basic form, is simply force; whereas justice is the pursuit of doing the right thing, applied equally to all, at all times, and for all the right reasons. To live in a world, to which obeisance must be given to power, and to power alone, is to live in a world without justice and that is the world that we live in. Not too surprisingly, that has been the nature of the world since the time of man's falling, however, America was suppose to be different, as it was founded on the principle that man has inalienable rights given to us by our Creator and that thereby the primary purpose of our Declaration of Independence, was to declare that the only legitimate government was a government that aided and secured those same inalienable rights.
Instead, America has pursued relentlessly the siren lure of power, always power, because power need not bend to any man, power need not bend to any law, and power need not bend to any establishment, because all of the above must bend or bow to the throne and empire of power itself. Today's America likes to wrap itself in the cloak of justice, but this cloak is indeed a false one; instead every man and every establishment is potentially subject to all sorts of tragic laws, meaning all sorts of awful things, of which, those in power determine the interpretation of such.
A country that puts power first, above all else, without question will ultimately decline and fall to ruin, because there is neither a moral compass to keep those in authority in check, nor is there respect given from one party to another. The only thing that can temper power properly is justice, which means properly utilizing and applying the courage to do the right thing over the expedient or the wrong thing. How many times throughout the history of this world can we ignore the blessed words of Matthew 16:26: "For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?" For America to recapture its collective soul, it must now and forevermore renounce its obscene grabs of power and monetary might, and instead gravitate towards its foundational roots, of liberty, justice and equality for all.