It’s one thing to defend yourself after attacked. It’s another to Nation Build. Just as our Founding Fathers envisioned right?
Were we a transcontinental industrial superpower that relied on fossil fuels and rare earth minerals when the Founding Fathers were around? No, we were a small, weak agrarian country along the Eastern Seaboard. I’m no fan of nation-building, but there’s a reason we have troops in Germany, Korea, Japan and many other countries. If you’ve served in uniform, it becomes clearer to you.