Get along; live and let live; beat the crap out of anybody who actually threatens us (as opposed to bombing the boogeymen in the shadows out of nothing more substantial than fear).
Of course, the key to this is deciding what constitutes a "threat." I think we established on 9/11 that it is not a very good idea any more to wait until someone actually attacks us before we start to do something serious about it. The question is also complicated by the existence of weapons and techniques nowadays that allow a few people to do a level of damage that in older times required an actual invading army. I don't have easy answers for this.
Also, we have engaged in many military actions overseas since the Cold War ended, mostly in nations that did not threaten us in any way. Were all those illegitimate? Some think so, some don't. The Left is currently pushing us to send troops to Liberia. So what's that all about?
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