I made a post sometime last year where I state my desire to make you live by those words. I am actually a closet isolationist and would like to see how the rest of you guys hold up, in a world where we're not going to deploy to save your ass. Not just Oz and NZ, but the whole world.
The world would do just fine....They don't bother precisely cause you will deploy and fight wars for your allies. But I wouldn't count europe out just yet if shit actually hit the fan we could wage war pretty damn well*....You ever hear of wartime production and actual fucking total war. There just won't be another scenario like that not even between china and the US....That'll be a naval affair like a serious bush fire then some cuba missile crisis style posturing followed by diplomacy.
*The gerry's did pretty damn well by themselves during world war 2 never mind a unified Europe.
PS> As for half of your deployments they suit your fucking national interests if they didn't you wouldn't be deploying.....Gotta kill all them brown people. Manifest destiny and all that shit, Democracy and liberty propaganda plastered out is the old better make sure your in the right and got the civvies on board before you lay the smack down on nations that could never hope to defeat you in the first place.
PSS> The chinese won't fight you on your terms, Who the hell fights a limited or full scale invasion on your opponents terms if your opponent is stronger....They will build up their naval fleet but I doubt they intend to compete instead they'll probably develop missile capability for sinking aircraft carriers....I don't think they want a full scale war but I think they do intend to run you out of asian waters.....But Kissinger said only China could contain China, By adopting this strategy they have countries take up opposing stances like Japan and Australia etc....A NATO in the east.