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>>So appealing, it has been tried before. How well did it work out the last time...?<<

Times are different now. Currently, whenever we intervene, we are reviled and hated.

When we intervened in the Balkans in the 90's and prevented the mass murder of muslims and pacified a potentially explosive situation while Western europe sucked its collective thumb, what benefit accrued to us? They hate us - Orthodox Christian Serbs, Bosnian muslims - everyone.

When we tried to intervene in Somalia - what happened? They slaughtered our boys and cheered as they dragged their corpses through the streets.

We have 40,000 troops as a 'trip wire' protecting the people of South Korea from invasion by the north. What appreciation do we get for this? Anti-american riots, US troops spat upon, anti-US propaganda.

When are the citizens of this country going to wake up? All we are getting for our altruism and humanitarianism abroad is hatred in return.

It's just time to get out.