[killjoywashere]

> then the question becomes to do what?

If you write code and know anything about security, one of the biggest impacts you could make would be in securing US government systems. Even if you are German or Brazilian, securing US Government systems would make the world safer than securing your own government.

[mindslight]

You must have severely misread my comment. Securing USG's systems is certainly not going to prevent the US military [industrial complex] from attacking arbitrary countries for fun and profit.