Steve , I've found you to be right more often than not, but [and I'm not an R P er] the fact is that we don't KNOW what would happen were we to pull out of a bunch of countries militarily and stop this discredited nation building strategy .
Anybody showing an inclination to roll the dice [ like Goldwater ] and depending on our country to manage the aftermath , has always been branded a " kook " .
Life is full of chances and trying to avoid ANY downside to an option is a sure path to failure .
