Edit: It's amazing that I'm being downvoted for a factual response to "Troops on the ground in sovereign nations without a declaration of war?"
As it stands we have far more military engagements on foreign soil than we've seen since and maybe including WW2. We have a corrupt political system and state that is in ever excessive violation of our own constitution, and a people oppressed and divided.
We really need another JFK or Reagan in terms of charisma and general popular support, if not in somewhat similar political views. Another Truman or Eisenhower would probably be better, but could never get into office today.
Most of NSA's warrantless surveillance was probably technically legal, or at least did not constitute mens rea, but that doesn't make it any better.
No, you are being downvoted because apparently you have been living in a hole for the past 15 years.