UPDATED How exactly is this supposed to benefit the US? -- A New Series

I'm going to start a new blog series, titled "How exactly is this supposed to benefit the US?"  Barack Obama's job as POTUS is to enact and promote policies that benefit the US, yet so many of his decisions, especially in the realm of defense and foreign policy (F-22, Honduras, Poland, Iran, Venezuela, etc.) seem ... less than beneficial to the US. 

Now, if I said these policies seem intended to hurt the US, I would be called "uncivil."  Oh, dear ... So, I will just ask the question and see if there is in fact a way that these policies can indeed protect and advance the interests of the US.
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