First, I was indicating that this 'ability to project force' is protection, I wasn't indicating that the war in Libya was a form of protection. Second, I don't

First, I was indicating that this 'ability to project force' is protection, I wasn't indicating that the war in Libya was a form of protection. Second, I don't think it's fair to say the conflicts in Europe's periphery are surreptitiously promoted by the us: the war in Crimea, Russia invasion of Georgia, conflict in Yugoslavia, 'Troubles' in Ireland etc. - these were not 'made in the USA'. Neither was the Arab Spring.