That's sort of my point as well. I don't always like HOW the US goes about handling problems, but I can balance that somewhat by knowing that at least the US does in fact solve problems. To throw another movie reference in here - Braveheart vs the Scottish nobility. Braveheart didn't always do things the right way, and the nobles were always keen to point that out, but is that worse than the nobles who would've done nothing but talk? Stalling for time, holding peace talks, trying to make a deal, appeasement: you can rephrase it a multitude of ways, it's still doing nothing. And it's a common phrase that "you can't get something from nothing". Sometimes it's better to do the wrong thing with good intentions than to do nothing at all.
