there is a moral use of the presence of force - peacemaking/peacekeeping
it is odd that the smirk finally discovers Africa just when he is about to make a trip there and even more odd that the worst violence isn't in Liberia and the French have been a gutsy peacekeeping force in Africa for a while now -
also odd that we have failed in Afghanistan, are failing in Iraq, and the attention span of the smirk is less than most ADHD children
of course maybe he'll use some more of his tough guy macho talk and invite further violence against our troops and our nation while he he is a personal chickens***
if there is something that can be done to stop the killing it will be good and it undoubtedly will not require force, just presence
however, the American military is going to be stretched very, very thin
so the whole thing is a curiosity