One of the most wrong-headed opinion articles I have read. 
We are the United States of America, not the United Nations of the World. We have a responsibility to our own citizens, to support and defend them, not wander around the world spending ourselves into bankruptcy and trying to fix centuries old insanities in the Middle East.
I applaud President Obama for his work and trying to disentangle us from George W. Bush's war crimes. I would applaud even louder if he would announce he will work to get us out totally. Stop supporting the oil cartels, the...
well, come home America. And while you are at it, recognize that the Cold War is over and close at least half of our overseas military bases.
We are in reality a poor nation, smiling to our neighbors while we wonder how we will pay off our credit card debt.

 We are a nation that has all the characteristics of the traditional dysfunctional family, parents who are disconnected from the kids and kids who are lost.
Hugh Massengill, Eugene

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