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I think you're wrong. The US still is an industrial powerhouse, it has one of the most educated populations on the planet, and it's extremely rich. The best an enemy would have to offer is either masses of low-tech infantry and tanks (China), or masses of low-tech guerrilla fighters. The first might look impressive, but can be destroyed quite quickly with modern weapons (see the '91 gulf war), while the last doesn't really cut it in a major war.
Compared to most people on this planet, the US citizen is (still) very patriotic; I suspect that enough will rise up to the challenge when the time comes. The anti-war crowd can't stop them from fighting in a just war, no matter how hard they try - besides, during a war, the anti-war crowd will be silenced pretty damn quickly.
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