[Johnj]

Originally Posted by Madmartagen

i agree we dont belong in iraq as well. but for being in saudi arabia just cause they asked...that may be true, but i think its unfair for us to baby one of the worlds wealthiest nations when we wont send effective defense forces in africa, south america and other places that truly need our help. we're in saudi arabia because they buy our troops like mercenaries. they have money, they have oil, and so we post troops to protect it.

We don't send defense forces to countries in Africa because they don't want us to. Remember what happened when we tried to help the Somalians. As to South America we do have troops in several countries down there working with their troops in drug interdiction operations and the like. Other countries like Venezuela don't want us in there because they find it easier to blame all their problems on the USA.