As we have seen over the last 50 years via 'asymmetrical wars' we have fought, we can and have been beaten. Today, one or two EMP pulse weapons fired from a damn container ship 100 miles off our coast can send us back to the stone age.
Don't ever think that no one will attack us if they see the opportunity. There are many willing, and increasingly able to do so.
Don't kid yourself that high-tech airplanes and big nuclear powered carriers can protect us from the threats we currently face. Those weapons would be good for projecting force against the threats we faced 20 or 30 years ago. But they are not defensive weapons adequate for the current and future threats we face in an asymetric terrorist war which is the age we live in.
It is nice to be able to project force anywhere and anytime you need to. But it is far better to be able to protect the homeland and if necessary, allow the rest of the world to take care of it's own problems.
I think it is time we retired from the 'world's policeman' job and take better care of our own security and interests.
“It is nice to be able to project force anywhere and anytime you need to. But it is far better to be able to protect the homeland and if necessary, allow the rest of the world to take care of it’s own problems.”
You are spouting isolationist bullshite like that which set us up for Pearl Harbor. Not on my watch!