Meanwhile, our enemies station troops wherever they please. And basically get to surround us. And they don’t want to “get the hell out” but stay and enslave.
Someone’s going to assume the role of world policeman, and if that someone is evil, we’ll be the victims too, you know. The stance you’re advocating is not very Washingtonian (as in the president).
Sorry, but you need to get realistic. The United States cannot eradicate evil. That is what you, and many politicians think and want you to believe.
You can’t use our military for that!
If our national security is threatened, then you use the technological advantage of hi-tech warfare from above to instill damage accordingly. Or use covert operations in concert with loyal local on the ground forces, but COMBAT operations should be strictly for military objectives - not as a substitute to undertake prolonged subsidized ‘nation-building’ schemes where the local majority is incapable of sustaining themselves.