Yes, actually, I am. Pat's "answer" is the same as it's been for years: simply to leave, pretty much everywhere, because America shouldn't have an "empire."
Can we re-evaluate our committments? Sure. But there's a rather large body of lamentable history to demonstrate the stupidity of Pat's position.
You just spout generalities without addressing the root problem, i.e, the financial challenges that will force us to make some very difficult decisions about our global role and domestic priorities. That is a reality we must deal with and I don’t care who the messenger is.