Sums It Up

Jonah Goldberg, found at Cold Fury:

...But there’s a simpler reason for American reluctance to intervene in the Middle East that plays a much bigger role in peoples’ attitudes about foreign policy. It can be summed up with the words “to hell with them.”...

Yup.  After about 20 years of watching armed squabbling (i.e., waves of murders, torchings, and beheadings) and sending US troops into Bill Murray-land, the time has come to just walk away.