We also have the most at stake!!!!
2003 GDP $10,400,000,000,000 (that's 10 Trillion Dollars)
Followed by china at 5.7, japan at 3.5, india at 2.6 and germany at 2.2).
http://www.photius.com/rankings/gdp_2003_0.html
high investments in defense spending and foreign aid - is our way at buying times of peace - which allows us to the safety/security/tranquility - to do business.
and for one last bit of cliche wisdom - if something is everybody's problem. nobody is going to take responsibility. I applaud us for having the intelligence to continually step up to the plate - take the high ground - and pay the burden of all the other slack ass countries in this world