re: It's time to be effective, not noisy.
If you look at it, the US is the only country to invade a country not on it's borders and without provocation in a long, long time.
That "not on its borders" caveat was clever. Lets a few nations off the old hook, doesn't it?
And don't Panama, Haiti, and Grenada count?
Most of the rest of your post is just the usual gas.