Bush's Shrinking Safety Zone

[Hippikos]

Originally Posted by yesman065

Why can't America be noble and principled? I'm not saying our policy is, just asking why you think it can't be.

It can be, but it isn't. It would be against the benefit of the US itself, most of the times. I'm not necessarily saying it's not the right thing (for the US) to do (Realpolitik and such), but claiming it happens out of noble principles is utter bollox.