If it wasn't for a disability I would have served in VN. I know you can't prove a what if.
And if conquer we must
When the cause it is just....
I'm talking about atmospherics here, we can't help,but wield enormous power. Theoretically, the military is only an instrument of the civilian leadership. But, that leadership in great crisis. And doing a 180 every four years is very destabilizing to a world every day more intricately interconnected. We trivilize this by injecting paltry and insignificant internal issues into the global dialog. And that even more reduces our ability to intervene when it's really important.
"global dialogue", 'cultural imperialism', these are leftist buzzwords used to bash the US over the head for anything and everything.
So, what would you have us do then?
Let the UN handle the terrorists?
Not to trivialize your statement, but Congress is the organization that deploys/funds troops, and they are not replaced every 4 years. The US President may or may not be, but he can only call for troops which must be approved by Congress.
FAT
The real problem is physics.
Girth is determined by an individuals resistance to atmospheric pressure (ap). My resistance to ap is low therefore the pressure pushes on my surfaces making me appear slim. Fat people have a high resistance to ap so they spread out. Light people have a high resistance to gravity. Heavy people have little resistance to gravity.
Food has nothing to do with it. We can balance the scales by banning atmospheric pressure and gravity.
"Stop the atmospheric pressure and gravity now! It's for the children!"