I guess something similar could be said about America’s intervention in WW2 (in Europe specifically).
Anyway, it's not a valid comparison when we're actively refusing to get involved in the conflict in any way that would risk our imperial interests.
Entire existence rather.. Nuclear weapons made any direct conflict between major states extremely risky
> southeast asian peoples would agree.
I specifically excluded Japan. In theory US could have went to war with it while ignoring Europe. I doubt most people in Southeast Asia were particularly concerned about Germany, if anything it made their path to independence more straightforward