I may get a whole lot of Anti-Points for this post but ere it goes anyway

I just recently got back from a TDY to the Middle East (country omitted). I have been to several other foriegn countrys and I am an American through and through. That being said I am apauled to see the amount of misconseptions and ignorance showed in this thread. Dr. Toker especially. Your right about the US giving massive amounts of finacial aid to foriegn countrys. We do that every time we get involved in foriegn affairs but you sadly mistaken if you think that the US is the only one throwing around money.

Yes we the US took down the taliban and in so doing we destroyed Aganistan's government. So to fix that we are restuctering their government. Big suprise that thier new governement will look like an off shoot of our own. But if you honestly think that we could do any less and adopt a lassie-faire attitude toward our foriegn policy then your mistaken again.

This country depends on foriegn goods as much as domestic, if not more. To not protect our intrests is to not protect our livelyhood. America could easyily go down hill fast if we ignored what happened in the world. Yes we are a super power and yes we police other countrys. But we do so with the support of the UN and we go not to fight for others freedom. When we send soldiers to other countrys we are protecting OUR freedom.