"Name one country under a State Religion that is a stable peaceful nation."
It is far easier to name dozens that aren't.
"Do you begrudge money spent to avert genocide?"
Nobody does - what we do worry about is that, in including "the interests of America" among its objectives, the U.S. has given itself a blank cheque 'to go where it has been before' and defend its own interests wherever it sees fit.
W.M.D all over again.
Jim Carroll