Sorry, but I am a little tired of statements like that. Give a country like Syria, or Iran, our power and prominence and see how much aid they give to foreign countries, how many foreigners they let come into their country to use their social programs, and how benign their military would be.
I am sure it would bombs away for all the infidels.
China, the second largest economy in the world, with largest standing army, does nothing about this disaster in THEIR OWN BACKYARD, while they occupy Tibet and threaten Tiwain with 800 missiles to rejoin the motherland.
Just imagine if Sudan had our might. What would they do with it?