Alliances costing our Blood, Treasure and Moral Standing

If we are to ever balance our budget then its imperative that our Foreign Policy be one that pacifies rather than inflames.  Ted Cruz' suggestion we carpet bomb ISIS shows no regard for the blow-back of martyrs for recruiting, propagandizing and most importantly vengeance seeking, for example the loner radicalized by American bombs wiping out his family and taking revenge here in the U.S. Blow-back as originally explained by Ron Paul, father of Rand, was our CIA ousting of an elected administration in Iran and placing the young Shah in its place.  The outcome was twenty years of stability and then thirty five years and counting dealing with an implacable enemy.  Perilous Partners by Cato's Ted Galen Carpenter and Malou Innocent exposes Alliances which cost us our blood and treasure and, most damning, diminish our moral standing.