Hmm...
If you want to count military support, we're still in Germany and Japan. We're not shooting there, though.
We had no choice but to bail out the banks. McCain is delusional - worrying about inflation and thinking a "strong dollar" was the solution the Fed should have pursued was insane. The issue was, there weren't sufficient conditions on the bailouts. "Lend freely at a penalty rate" is what the policy should have been. The insolvent banks should have been temporarily nationalized the way GM was. But that wasn't politically possible and that's water under the bridge. (And there have been prosecutions and more are underway - http://www.stopfraud.gov/ )
Syria is a continuing festering tragedy. But we're not shooting there - that's something that McCain wanted in 2011 (and maybe earlier) - http://latimesblogs....itary-action.html
FWIW.
Cheers,
Scott.
