From Enforcer to Healer: Rethinking America’s Role in the World
From Enforcer to Healer: Rethinking America’s Role in the World (With a Straight Face, Somehow) Ladies and gentlemen, gather 'round. Uncle Sam has something to say. For decades now, the U.S. has been strutting around the globe like that guy at the bar who breaks up fights by starting five more. We’ve been the world’s enforcer—part-time peacekeeper, full-time drama queen—with a military budget that could buy every man, woman, and child on Earth a decent latte and a therapist. But maybe, just maybe... it’s time we grew up, put down the bombs, and picked up a first-aid kit. Dear Middle East: Handle Your Drama. Love, America. Let’s talk about the Middle East. Again. Because apparently, we can’t not . Israel and Iran are beefing—again—and we’re in the corner like, “Wanna borrow $200 billion worth of fireworks and a drone named Freedom Blaster 9000 ?” Meanwhile, our own trains are derailing, our bridges are collapsing, and half the country can’t afford a cavity filling. It’s like...