[Joe Boucher]

By this reasoning we Americans should have no interests in Yugoslavia, Africa, or even most of S.E. Asia as well as others unless our direct safety or financial interests are at stake.

[Cacophonous]

By this reasoning we Americans should have no interests in Yugoslavia, Africa, or even most of S.E. Asia as well as others unless our direct safety or financial interests are at stake.

Correct. I don't understand why that viewpoint is controversial. Pull ALL the troops back home. From everywhere. Let the rest of the world learn to diaper itself.