I’m open to both viewpoints.
I’m with you but I lean towards the position that we are over relying on “hard diplomacy” as they call it in the foreign policy business.
Also we are over using to the point of abuse our reservists.
I totally agree on the reservists. On the larger point, according to critics like the late Chalmers Johnson, America has upwards of 700 foreign military bases. The question has to be asked: what are we doing in all these places, how long can we afford it, and what are the consequences of this kind of unprecedented global footprint?