The US needs a period of rest. Our divided society, negative MSM and leftwing anti war movement will undermind our war efforts no matter what the fight is because we are a democratic nation with all the vulnerabilities to dissent and sedition. Keeping out of overseas fights means we can save money on military operations and overseas aid. The US as a society needs to sort our what she wants. Job security versus free trade has emerged as a major defining issue that our government (Dems and GOP) can no longer ignore and unilaterally act upon behind the scenes anymore. Let the world be left to their own devices and within 20 years they will beg for US help and intervention (just like WWII). This time before we open our wallets we will remind our critics of what they called us, their anti American attitudes and make their people eat crap before we help them. Let us stop being generous idiots and demand something in return before we give out military, and humanitarian aid as well as the blood of our young soldiers. HOWEVER during this period of "isolation" we should be defending our national interest by cultivating proxy nations to fight the Islamo facists, the Chinese, the Russians and anti US latino nations. It probably is a cheaper strategy and there will be no deaths of US soldiers for the MSM and leftwing to use to beat our war efforts to death.
We should turn the game back on the enemies in the region. We could do this if we stopped worrying playing policeman between the various hate groups in Iraq and do the following:
1. Pull back to strong bases / strategic assets / Kurd zones.
2. Sell / give weapons to our "friends"
3. Cut off all unapproved supplies (including food) coming into the country (bomb everything coming across the boarder without our approval).
4. Train and supply anti-enemy forces to cross over into Iran (give them a task of their own medicine)
I saw you mentioned the idea of a Chinese partnership. I was wondering if the Chinese had any interest in supplying foot soldiers. An American / Chinese partnership could be interesting.
"HOWEVER during this period of "isolation" we should be defending our national interest by cultivating proxy nations to fight the Islamo facists, the Chinese, the Russians and anti US latino nations."
That's exactly what I was thinking; use the time and the money to strengthen our homeland while using our allies to fight overseas.
"It probably is a cheaper strategy and there will be no deaths of US soldiers for the MSM and leftwing to use to beat our war efforts to death."
They'll still find a way to use it against America. They did it when Reagan was providing everything sort of U.S. troops to Latin American countries. They won't be happy until America falls; that's the single thing that drives them.