You've finally come to see the light. Our nation building is a complete joke and really needs to end. We can't afford anymore of this "charity." We're merely passing this debt onto our kids and grandchildren to pay off. How many more walls need to be built to remember those who should be alive today? Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan, sigh when will we learn? Lets focus on our own country, shall we? Let god deal with those others.
We do our best. Our armed forces have good intentions. But first and foremost, we don't have the god given right to mold countries in the image we believe is best for them. Secondly, peoples and cultures will act as they see fit. Look at Afghanistan! It was a **** hole 10 years ago and continues to be today. They don't want it man. Vietnam? Was a 20+ year affair. They flat out didnt want imperialism anymore and the "democratic" powers that be were horrible. You look at the regimes we have installed in Iraq and Afghanistan and they're just as corrupt, incompetent, and brutal as the ones we kicked out.
Leave those people alone and let them figure things out!
He funny thing is, N Korea makes these threats every 2-3 years and most people understand that it's nothing to get your panties in a knot over. So chillax, no need to become a drama queen, no N Korean is gonna push the red button bringing immediate death and destruction of their entire government upon their heads. The nuke has been a tremendous creation. Notice, countries with them use them as a bargains chip. Leverage. Using one now would mean certain death and destruction brought by nearly every country with a military on this planet. not even the N korean jackasses want that. Only 1 has actually ever used them in war. Do you know which country has done that?
Give the N Koreans a few bags of rice and they'll shut up for the next 2 years when they threaten everyone again. Rinse wash repeat