i m not a lion. don t ask me to i m not referring to south africa particularly. i m just saying countries general hr general generally like the idea of being part of foras. but one of the things the united states has done. and obviously we re not perfect. but our seat at the table comes by virtue of the fact that we bear a lot of responsibility. if there s a crisis in the world people ask us, what are you doing about it? they ask, why haven t you intervened militarily? you re letting people die. if we intervene militarily they ask, why did you intervene militarily? they ask us to foot the bill. and the expectation is why aren t you footing the bill?