I still have NO idea where you get the idea that I want an "interventionist" in that office. Nothing is further from the truth. I was totally opposed to our action in Libya. Same in Kosovo, Somalia and several other "interventions" where we had zero national interest.
But I have to ask what national interests does Iran threaten that say NK threaten?
The stability of our country?
Or is it that we have to worry about the stability of the region that they are part of and call it a national interest?
I don't see an issue with oil as much as I see with an excuse that is wanted to attack Iran.
I also do NOT subscribe to the "US is to blame for every thing" theory either. While it is true we have been wrong, we have also been right. Only a fool believes that if we went away today that the world would suddenly be hunkeedory. It will not.
I don't either but I do believe that it is that we are not helping ourselves out by having an arrogance that we can command others to do what we tell them to do through a proxy or directly while at the same time consider our own problems as secondary in order to prove to the world they better listen.
The trick is first to remain strong, strength deters aggression. Then you must KNOW what is going on. Many of the mistakes were made when the intell budgets were cut too deeply and in the wrong areas. Clinton was the king of stupid in that regard.
BUT here is the thing, strength is a multifaceted thing. It isn't just strength of numbers or force but also strength in intelligence to and use those resources to defend the country from others. We are weak not because of our military people but our military leadership and our government. Our military leadership has the same arrogance as does the government, it stinks of the idea that we can militarily win in an engagement say with Iran or NK when we actually can't even win in Afghanistan after ten years. You really got to think about that for a moment, Afghanistan is not organized and doesn't have the loyalty of its people as does Iran. We haven't taken opportunities of reinforcing our presence in Iraq and have allowed ourselves to appear weak by leaving Iraq without anything to show for it.
Strength also means that we need to first look internally to find where we are most vulnerable and take proper and legal steps to ensure those vulnerabilities are closed off - our border is more of a threat to our national security than NK, Iran and China combined because we have no control over it.
SO I have asked this question to a few people and I will ask it of you - what is more of a threat to our country, Iran or Mexico?