A very good article. I think, the problem is not in being there. it is in believing in it's virtues and piousness and feeling cheated about it. we are not there to preserve world peace and any such contribution is incidental.we are there to look after own interests.all we have to do is to concentrate on becoming a prosperous nation,and that sounds a far cry. Incidentally, we have a long record of ignoring our interests to brood over obscure ideologies too seriously.
