RexB,
I think he meant it is better to fight on their turf than on ours. As for your last sentence, while philosophically it is true, the practical working out is subject to the demands the citizens place on politicians. I agree the value of a human life, should be the same everywhere (should be is idealistic, aren't equal is the reality), but the accountability to which we subject our government is different when the lives lost in a fight are from our own country. You can say it is hypocritical and disgusting, but then isn't that a mandate for intervention anywhere innocent lives are currently being taken? That is a slippery slope to tread on.