text: You say "volunteering", but their prez said "inviting".
  
  Your earlier post here certainly would lead one to believe that you are ready for the US to just lie back and let everyone else do the work for us.
  
  Your list is also intriguing.  
  
  You do understand that our "self-defense" requires copious amounts of fossil fuel and mineral resources, not to mention a huge chunk of taxpayer dollars.
  
  You do understand that bringing manufacturing back to the US means either investing in clean energy/practices or wearing gas masks a la the Chinese.
  
  You do understand that had we stayed on top of our infrastructue in the first place we wouldn't have the daunting project we are looking at today.  This is the sort of habitual neglect that tells the tale.
  
  How about a toileting analogy, because here we agree. 
  
   The French are the perfect choice.  You see, over there they have something called a bidet.  
  
  No doubt they will do a better job of wiping up after us than we are willing to do for ourselves.