Whatever it is that the government does, sensible Americans would prefer that the government do it to somebody else. This is the idea behind foreign policy.
Source: Parliament of Whores, Very Foreign Policy (1991).
-- P J O'Rourke, (Nov 14 1947-____), US humorist, editor; He was editor of National Lampoon, 1973-1981; wrote Parliament of Whores, 1991.