I agree with you there...but as far as the “overseas” stuff goes...how about starting with Afghanistan? Pull out and reserve a neutron bomb for them if they get “uppity”. We are very lousy at “nation-building” since WWII. I would have to look at the “line items” for Germany/Japan for a % of the Pentagon budget...if low enough, might be worth it for the “base rent”/regional influence.
We don’t have any neutron bombs. Carter made sure of that. See my immediate prior post - Japan pays us money to defend them.