Let's have that discussion: what are the US's bottom line requirements to maintain the "Pax Americana"? Do we need Carrier Groups to deal with Somali pirates? D

Let's have that discussion: what are the US's bottom line requirements to maintain the "Pax Americana"? Do we need Carrier Groups to deal with Somali pirates? Do we need 40,000 people in Germany? (I think everyone will accept the deployment in S. Korea...)