Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has canceled a planned state visit to America in response to NSA's bugging of her personal communications and spying on Brazilian companies.
America is a rogue state. This action by Brazil is how respectable nations treat rogue states.
“It throws a bucket of cold water on the bilateral trade relationship. It jeopardizes numerous commercial interests, especially private sector investment in sensitive sectors that require good political cooperation.”-Some expert quoted by Bloomberg.
And that is how America can be brought down. The preeminent value of Americans is the dollar. "It's the economy, stupid," say American politicians. And it is. Anything that hurts the American economy hurts American power. Pierce that flimsy armor and the knight can be brought to his knees.