I hear ya “Old Salt”, I was never for the Nation building B_LL S_IT ether, we ether KICK _SS (Kill as many as possible) then leave (Military) offer assistance only with the strings of you gotta go equal for all gov (which means no Islam (no sharia)) and “they pay for it! we provide the “Know how” and protection if need be from interfering outsiders.
Like I said there is always a “Dominate” force weather local, regional or national and then international and that is constant thru out history so the Dominate force has been the “Policeman” weather good or bad they kept the “Law” weather righteous or corrupt… there is no other country that has done a better job in the past and currently still doing it well, but that is definitely changing with the 0bama/Hillary crew!