The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land.
The only defensible war is a war of defense.
There's no need to travel further. The Los Angeles area is big enough for us.
And I don't think that government has a role in telling people how to live their lives. Maybe a minister does maybe your belief in God does maybe there's another set of moral codes but I don't think government has a role.