fair enough. clear enough. i simply don't care what they "endure". Israelis have a "right" to peaceful existence. truth is that has never been their method of action. true for us too since 1770s. that's fine too. it is what it is. just no excuse to spend all the effort and treasure to help them conquer the ME,which is their plan. good on them if they can. good on Putin if he takes all of Ukraine. so what? we can do biz either way. we don't have any need to finance any of it with $s or blood.
Yeah, we don't have a great track record. Though I've always argued that the difference is that America is not out there to be an empire (Teddy Roosevelt aside)... but that we usually end up being the most insufferable global in-your-face do-gooder on the planet. And act like Mrs. Kravitz always knocking on the door over at Samantha and Darron's house when she is trying to stick her nose into whatever is going on at the 'ol Stephens house.
Our hearts are usually in the right place. But we have a historic penchant for trying to impose freedom and Jeffersonian Democracy no matter how many people we have to kill to do it.
Then again, petro-diplomacy, banana diplomacy, etc. isn't exactly benign... so there is that. Though I'd like to think we try...
Sirhr