Not because I'm such a nice, peaceful person. But rather because my exposure to history leads me to seriously doubt simple solutions. We truly need to think long term and strategically to get our collective necks out of this noose. One the one hand, we need a unified, integrated national response. And on the other hand, we need a lot of complex analysis which is liable to make that unified approach very difficult to sustain.
Most people just hate ambiguity and complexity and want immediate, clarifying action.
It's tempting to simply fall back on the delusion that American strength, resolve and courage can solve any problem pronto. The Romans thought the same thing, no doubt. But look here . . . The time for false bravado is definitely past. And one place to begin is for Americans to improve their general grasp of world affairs and foreign cultures.