No more tuition assistance

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We have bases all over the world so our armed forces can project power quickly and with overwhelming force if directed to do so. It isn't about protecting individual American citizens or the bureaucrats in the Foreign Service, it is about advancing American national interests.

As far as U.S. embassies and consuls, they are protected by detachments of U.S. Marines. Ask the question, "Do terrorists and/or hostile host governments target Switzerland? Who, if anyone, protects the citizens and embassies of Switzerland?" (hint: It isn't the Swiss Guard; they protect the Pope.)

The real dialogue should be about whether the U.S. has a strategic national interest everywhere in the world, or should we scale back the range of those interests to regions critical to the self-defense of the nation.

So is there anything wrong with the ability of the U.S. military to "project power quickly"?
Wouldn't projecting force be necessary if a citizen needed urgent protection?
As far as American interests, as an American I'm generally for them, but I do think that if a country that we are not at war with wants us out of their country we should respect that and not have a base there.

I don't think the comparison with Switzerland is a fair comparison for a couple reasons. First, in past conflicts Switzerland was known for taking a neutral stance. Second, Switzerland isn't a big target. Terrorists have nothing to gain for bullying a small European country that is much smaller than their own, in many cases.