[starbase]

Well I can think of several things to disagree with. For one thing, our forefathers lived in an era of sail boats and horses, not intercontinental ballistic missiles. Staying far away and peaceful was much easier in that era.

And secondly these countries with tyrants can now dispatch terrorists with major weapons world wide, or cyber criminals who can strike anywhere. So it does matter to us if a tyranny is present, even in far off places, because said tyrannies can support new kinds of enemies, enemies which didn't exist at our forefather's time.

Lastly the quibble about "our world" catches the real spirit of Buchanan's work these days. We only have one world, so it's "our world", to try to interpret that as a declaration of empire is childish self projection at its best.

[Sam Gamgee]

Yes, and didn't the forefathers pay tribute to the Barbary Pirates, only to decide later that enough was enough, and sailed to North Africa to destroy them?