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Originally Posted by Ryzorian

The US was bascially the main power standing after WW2 and got stuck putting everything back together. It's everyone's "Mama/uncle/big daddy" because we got tired of putting everything back together every 20 years. WW1 was a disaster too. We didn't get involved at the end of that one and look what happened.

America is a control freak. A very bad one.

Now yes, I suppose we could pull out of all the bases we are at everywhere,

Right you are.

and stop feeding all those countries that rely on our food

As of 2005, USA imports more food than export. America slowly destroyed the agricultural industry for 50 years. Not a surprise.

and stop shipping aid to those countries that have natural disasters.

And stop making wars and feeding mercenary companies like Xe (Blackwater). At least America could support its own natural diasters. Poor aid during the very brutal Hurricane Katrina disaster few years ago isn't the best part of modern American history.

Since we use alot of those bases as operational platforms for that sort of thing.

And intimidating many Asian countries.

It's still not likely going to change many minds about those bases. The US tends to keep anything it gets a hold of, specially if it paid for it in blood.

This kind of attitude is the problem. The "Si vis pacem para bellum" attitude is what kills America right now.

The added irony here is that if war did break out between Japan and North Korea, Japan would have the US on their side.

The greatest irony is that Americans keep thinking North Korea will create a "full-front military" war of missiles and troops landing, when we are seeing less signs of a possible war. The American public thinking is way too violent.