"You've got a good point : darfur, iraq, afghanistan, n/s korea, taiwan, georgia, gaza, lebanon...all the flash points in the world. Are we to forever be the WORLD'S COP, the dutch boy with his fingers in an ever increasing number of dike-leaks? SK is a case in point : they have become so accustomed for us to counter the threat that they've forgotten the 1950 korean war which was 3 generations ago. Taiwan is a similar case. Europe is a similar case. They have become so accustomed to the US military guarding them that they assume a cocoon mentality, that they can't even VISUALIZE an enemy army invading their home. As Rodney Dangerfield says : I get no respect! LEAVE...then they'll know...."
I'll agree but let me add one more thing. When we are THERE being the global policemen do it so we WIN (Iraq) even if that means we are ruthless. We got a TON of worldwide respect for Afghanistan and lost respect in Iraq. The other countries can now say 'told ya so!' on Iraq and our Mideast enemies of Iran and Syria will continue moving in and NOT RESPECTING us.
Afghanistan was payback for 911, everyone understands that. Iraq was, in part, a feud between the bush's and saddam; but the real crux of the problem is OIL. Develop our own independent sources and we could leave the arabs to go back and become camel jockeys again. Give you a little clue : cheniere.org. Tom Bearden and Bedini tell in explicit detail how to do your own Free Energy Generator(battery re=charger)by tapping the ZPE. The energy may be free but the book isn't($43). Do you have electronic motherboard skills, and $43 to bet that this might work?