This makes a lot of sense. I am not pro violence or pro war, but a superpower like the US needs to maintain that position in any way it can. My country gets aid from the US, as well as many third world countries. While there are a lot of noise in both mainstream and non-traditional media about the defense spending of the US, nobody complains about the aids. If the US loses its position as superpower, the aids will for sure stop.
While there's noise about the US policing the world, there is nobody presenting an alternative, or claims that the world does not need policing. The UN simply do not have the means to do this . A lot of my countrymen will not like what I said here, but I will say it anyway. We need the US to stay a superpower, or we run the risk of being bullied by many others.