Rome fell when it began paying hordes blackmail money. They were never satisfied and just came back wanting more and more until Rome was in ruin. Why dowe ontinue to bleed ourselves dry when there are so many in need here in the U.S.?
Post WWII concept that we are still abiding by.
Up until January 2009 we were a superpower.
Since the end of the Bush era and the start of the “Great Retreat” (the Obama years) we combined foreign policy with military policy and foreign aid.
Foreign aid is always supposed to bolster friends in need or “buy” new friends.
Some countries took the aid and then spit in our faces (Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and various Arab states).
Other countries took our foreign aid and performed all kinds of positive feedback, INTEL and trade with the US where both parties benefited (Israel, Egypt, Jordan, Eastern Europe, etc.).
Now that the US is in dire economic straights she needs to prioritize her interests but what is she doing in the current administration? The exact opposite.
Supporting the Muslim Brotherhood, Al-Qiaeda, the PLO, Iran and Libyan elements, all hostile to the US. The main US fallacy is based on the “MODERATE” Muslim concept where the US supports the PLO terror group, while NOT supporting the HAMAS terror group. The aims of both of these terror groups is to kill Americans and Israelis - that is what they live for.
The US is dissing reliable friends like Israel while throwing money at our enemies.
This is Obama’s legacy - utter failure and worse, NO RESPECT.
End result: loss of super power status, wasted funds on hopelessly murderous, insane Muslim Arabs.