“I’m tired of this charade. I’m tired of seeing the dead Marines shipped back to my home town, for what, a greater Islamic Caliphate? Because that’s what the majority of the Afghans support, the Pakistani’s, Iraqi’s, the whole bunch want. Hell, the left-wing, i.e. Democrats in America see a society built on Sharia law as a legitimate goal.”

Bingo. I’m always amazed- and annoyed- to see the US described as an “empire”. Real empires don’t urinate away their blood and treasure making life better for the conquered without any attempt at gain for themselves.

More accurate to say the US is the world’s bitch. We are expected to solve our “allies” military problems- e.g. Yugoslavia, Iraq- provide a market for the world to sell their products- e.g. China, Japan, everyone- leave our energy resources in the ground- which gives OPEC a nice higher price- and generally stand ready in case we are required to pony up for some new demand.

Now, we have been dragged into a new conflict- by of all nations- France. Meanwhile, the president is in Brazil promising to provide them a nice new market for their energy exports. And I still remember seeing Hillary Clinton promise to defend Vietnam from China. This would be the same Vietnamese regime- by the way- that murdered millions for the crime of being associated with the country that pays Hillary a salary.

This is insanity. The United States is something like five percent of humanity. There just aren’t enough of us to save the world from chaos or poverty.

We should stop trying.