even after recession US is 13.8 trillion dollar economy, India is just 1.17 despite having 3 times more population. Know something before you type something. India needs to develop first then think of comparing itself with US. Even if US GDP shrinks by 2-3 percent it will not matter still US will remain a superpower. Learn from China see China is keeping quiet till it develops it knows that time is not yet correct for it to compare itself with US. That is why it has put on backburner issues like Taiwan, Arunachal Pradesh.