It seems like US people are forgetting that in 1776, we endeavored to defeat the world's largest military power, and they gave up.
Iran could absolutely do that. Ukraine could absolutely do that.
China is sitting back and laughing, making EVs and solar panels, as we self-immolate. Revenge for the Opium War.
I can just hear the British King in 1777, telling his court "we've decimated the Colonies. They have no cards. They are begging us for a deal"