[allmendream]

There is a price to pay for our style of warfare.

But also a reward.

Japan buys our products and builds us electronic goods.

Germany makes us Beer and buys our products.

South Korea buys our stuff and makes us goods.

None of them want us to leave. All of them respect and admire U.S. culture to some extent. All of them are free and prosperous as a result of our “kinder and gentler” style of warfare, our idealism, and our goal of a Mercantile Empire not a Political one.

[mlocher]

But also a reward.

Your point is well taken. Life is full of trade offs.