Simply put, our role should be this: Telling those in power of other countries that they will be removed by military force if they threaten our national security.
They know we have the will and the means to do it.
No occupation. No nation-building. No attempts to change a culture to mirror ours.
As for assuming the role of removing threatening regimes, I say this: The US hegemony is the ONLY thing keeping this world from being an even darker place than it is. Russia and China would assume full control in the absence of the US. Europe is too fragmented to stop them. It's up to us.
I believe in that.
You may ask, what about Russia and China? It's clear we do not want the final battle of humanity. We have to accept certain things in life; we have to hope Russia and China love their children as much as we love ours. But we cannot allow them to bully us because their leaders smell blood in weakness. We are not going to be a pacifist nation and hope for the best. We are going to make our presence known and we will aggressively pursue our agenda on the world stage because that is who we are. We will not cower from anyone. And it must be clear to these two despotic nations that they will not rule the world as they rule themselves.
We can lead in many ways; economically, environmentally and culturally. We can be the light but we can't force the light upon others. We can only ensure that ours is never extinguished.
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Last edited: Dec 28, 2018