Read The Grand Chessboard by Zbigniew Brzezinski. He makes a very strong case for US hegemony.<p>Btw, I do respect your points. I&#x27;m rather conflicted about this topic myself. We don&#x27;t really know what the world would be like if the US were to practice isolationism - and we don&#x27;t get do-overs for history if we mess it up. The powers that be seem to have decided that a forced stability is better than the risk of global instability.