ah back at qanatoli ( sounds a little like a first world war battlefield ) mais non mon ami! . american bulk has contained the sometime insurmountable enemy that britain and europe would otherwise have fallen to .! al we know of our present freedoms ( we can always argue on the limitations on these) are there because of the productive power of the u.s . to think of them running roughshod over the rest of the world as some sort of insidious invader is very wrong . in both the first and second world war they did not seek involvement and in both cases they came in late . i dont think anyone would truthfully consider it wrong that a premptive action ( stitch in time) would not be considerate action . ( i,m good when i get going')