We are the world police, Because everyone else is too afraid to do anything. People let other people like Saddam commit Genocide on the Kurds, and people just stand there and watch. If the U.S. didn't do anything like our fellow European countries, some who commit to Iraq with fewer then 10,000 troops, and should be ashamed to be our allies, the Middle East would be in a full out war. Iraq with Kuwait, Israel with Iran/Pakistan. If we did a full pull out, which Obama first preached, Iran would move right in. Japan, which is never given any credit, has been the only good and loyal ally the U.S. has had, they cycle through 100,000 troops through the U.N. every year to support us in Iraq, and have given us $1 billion in military assistance. While the rest of our so called allies, sit and watch, give the minimum, and expect great things from us when they get in trouble, or put the blame on us if any terrorist attacks hit them home. The economy is no excuse, governmental debt does not affect a free economy, maybe if this was ran as a dictatorship, or nationalism, maybe. If anything the war in Iraq and Afghanistan makes more jobs, if not thousands of more jobs.
I want to serve my country, and if that means putting my life at risk, then so be it. If I can have the courage to put my life on the line for a country, I'd hope that same country would have the same courage not to pull out of a turning war. Honestly, I'm tired of this pussy ass lets not do shit responses. "Lets let all these weaker countries gain power with dictators who preach nuclear war with one another, and let there actions go unanswered for, until its too late." Uhm, yeah, I'm not a fan of that kind of response.