I get your point about bein the bully Z, but like I mentioned, the actions of our government are seldom in tune with what the people here want.

I whole heartedly agree we should get outta the middle east and for that matter, remove our troops and dismantle our installations everywhere and assume an isolationist policy, as much as can be in todays global economy.

We would do far better to adress the issues within our own borders than tryin to solve the rest of the world problems, which we obviously can't do, nor are we welcomed to do so.

I'm so tired of my country beein seen as an international bully, most especially at a great cost to our citizenry who wind up dead at the hands of people all over the world and of course our national budget in keeping up such activities internationally.

The catch 22 of assuming an isolationist posture of course is that in a short period of years some international meglomaniac would begin domination of some culture/country(countries) and we would then be expected to step in and help keep the sheep safe from this new wolf. Then if we didn't we'd get blamed for NOT saving them ... see the conundrum?

My opinion is to just do it anyway and let the chips fall where they may. Our borders and our contry need protection from the wolves of the world too, and OUR people need help with a myriad of issues within our own borders that to me take precedence over tryin to solve everyone elses problems