A few reasons which hop to mind: 1. we just finished a 20 year war with nothing to show for it. Jumping into a new war is probably worth some cost/benefit anal

A few reasons which hop to mind: 1. we just finished a 20 year war with nothing to show for it. Jumping into a new war is probably worth some cost/benefit analysis beyond "well, why not?" 2. correct if wrong, but I assume the projection of power backing your usage of "we" actually means "policed by others, who are not me" I'm not sure I want to see a new generation of kids slurped up into another war (formally declared or otherwise) on the other side of the globe to dubious end effect.