Pull out of Iraq and watch any prestige be flushed away.
We tried the “peace with honor” cut and run in 1973. By 1975, our “prestige” was gone and we were known as a ‘paper tiger’ who won’t stand alongside allies any longer.
The U.S. is the turn of the century Ottoman Empire - now on the wrong side of a series of costly wars.
If you’re not familiar with the Ottoman Empire, that’s an indication of the kind of trouble we’re in.