That would be all well and good, except that Indonesia has been pressured by the UN for twenty years to release all three countries from its domination, and it has adamantly refused. Whether or not it is "appropriate" for the US to get involved is, Im afraid, simply academic. Indonesia has been told to release them, and it has chosen not to. And no one seems to care all that much. Anyway, be all this as it may. It doesnt take much to realize that we do indeed pick and choose what we wish to get involved in, which was, after all, Buddhas original point. Whatever the criteria may be, there still exists this line that demarks what is or isnt worth our involvement. And it makes sense that there should be one: we cant be everywhere, after all.