America was overstretched because its global liabilities were increasingly out of balance with its national assets, and it was bound to lead because the world as we know it is arranged favorably for it to do so.
Los Estados Unidos estaban agotados, porque sus responsabilidades mundiales excedían cada vez más sus recursos nacionales, y estaban destinados a dirigir, porque el mundo, tal como lo conocemos, está&nbsp; dispuesto favorablemente para que así sea.