Honestly i have no idea where to begin. I'll begin with a quote from you yourself, "The concept of the "World Police" is a creed of all our military arms, what I was schooled as a kid; "To protect and defend those not able to protect and defend themselves", it may seem to infer national defense, perhaps extend to 'ally' by treaty, but is implied beyond political and cultural borders as a philosophy".
Really? You honestly think that it is the duty of every American solider to go and protect "those that cannot protect themselves?" Sounds to me like your volunteering a lot of good American troops to do some idealistic bullsh*t that they do not want to do. Have you spoken to a lot of vets who are chomping at the bit to go help the next sad case of international injustice? My whole family is career military, and i know for a fact that their loyalty is to their country and its citizens, everyone else is on their own. A soldiers duty is to HIS/HER country, no one elses. What you were taught in school is what YOU were taught in school, and therefore must apply to everyone else right? Every must share your idealistic viewpoint of the American Military's mission throughout the world. Oh, and by your definition, shouldn't we be doing something about the situation in Darfur other than just taking a stance? Shouldn't we have been doing something when all those poor Chinese citizens were starving to death; they still are by the way, someone call the Marines, we need to get food to them stat! Please, these are grand idealistic goals being boasted about by someone who wont have to put the work in to actually accomplish it, or be held responsible when it blows up in their face.
I also love how you generalize and say that every American thinks and I quote, "Hey, I can't be concerned with all this Iran election crap, I'm at risk of losing my job and home. My SUV can't roll on chump change. Kids need to go to Power Cheer. Super Bowl is seven months away. I need that Samsung 52 inch by then". First of all, i worked 2 jobs, putting in 60+ hours a week to PUT MYSELF through college. I live in a crappy studio apartment, i don't own a damn 52 inch TV and my truck is 13 years old, and oh by the way, i graduated with honors with two degrees in 4 years, but i guess that's only because my daddy paid for all my stuff so i could just focus on studying right? Don't even for one second try and generalize the American public as some fat cat lazy bums, when in fact it is quite the opposite. Those concerns over losing a job; if you don't believe that one shouldn't be concerned about losing their job you must be unstable, we're talking about peoples lives and the lives of their children here for Christ sake.
America already gives out billions upon billions of dollars annually in foreign aid, much of that money goes to prop up the economies of several countries, so i don't think we're slouching any in helping out at all. Oh, and that "bigger picture" I'm missing out on, I'm actually not. If you'd stop and think about it, the top reason the radical Muslim population hates the west, especially America, is because we've intruded on what they think is holy Muslim ground. Because we are involved in the affair of Islamic countries, that's why that doomsday dirty bomb scenario will happen, not because we finally keep our nose out of someone elses business. But i guess this 22 year old college grad is too young to know anything about the world at all, its not like I'm getting my masters in global politics or anything.