Things as the really are in the middle east

 Excellent article.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2023/10/18/here-is-the-image-of-strength-the-people-running-u-s-government-wanted-to-project-today/#more-252138

To which I commented ...

There may be one good thing to come from the meat puppet’s regime. Any illusion that the US has an empire is gone. Lost in the dust at the airport in Kabul.
The grossly expensive, bloated, military of the former ‘new world order’ can, finally, be right sized for America’s defense. We can finally focus on our interests.
We are NOT an empire. Not all wars are our wars. Not all unhappiness is reason for overseas garrisons and carrier battlegroups.
In fact, not intending to be an empire (or the hired policeman for the empire of team Davos) removes the reason for being for carriers and amphibious groups entirely … well, except for those ‘gator freighters’ engaged in returning millions of uninvited guests to their home lands.

UPDATE: 10/21/23 another observer says the days of America's empire are over...

 https://youtu.be/1a2XM3DPsfs