Yea, yea, yea (and said with a straight face too). I have read you correctly so it is unnecessary to write a paragraph to spin out exactly what I said in the first place.
It would be interesting to hear if you believe there has ever been a situation that has required US military intervention.
There are calls for those who consider intervention in Syria necessary/needed/desirable to present their case to a handful of people who are no more than mere US citizens. The sheer arrogance of it. The sheer arrogance of people you want to withdraw into isolationism yet still want to be always 'sitting at the top table'.
I have said this before here (a few years ago) that the US and various citizens (where ever they may be found) want to be the 'the bride at every wedding' and the 'baby at every Christening' ... while not realising that you can't be a player unless you are prepared to 'put your money where your mouth is'.
The world is weaning itself off the US hegemony of the past at a speed rapidly increased after the Libya debacle.
Who is the 'us' you speak of here?
I will tell you one more time that the US must not intervene in Syria as it would be guaranteed to be a class one cock-up (with the tragic loss of life of many US soldiers).
As the US politicians are too $hit scared to face down Russia and China your efforts should (IMHO) rather be directed towards getting that inept White House and the incompetent State Department to shut the .... up (and to get out of the kitchen).
Nonsense. The problems the US faces is as a result of a mega leadership failure.The US is on the wane, to the extent that it is, as a consequence of internal economic policy and other domestic policy issues, helped along by overambitious and largely pointless interventions abroad. Reluctance to intervene is not a cause of decline, it's a consequence of decline: I think it's generally recognized that the US can't afford pointless interventions, and that to reverse or at least slow the decline the US needs to focus on its own interests and its own business, not burn its strength messing about in other people's fights.
The costs of these interventions (as stated by others before) is not at the heart of the problem.
So lets summarise what you took a paragraph in an attempt at obfuscation in a sentence.
The current situation in which the US finds itself is as a result of a massive political leadership failure and accompanying inability to constrain domestic spending.
Get the idea?
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