[aurailious]

> Why is the US so set on a policy that every other developed nation has eschewed?

Which other countries have made the security commitments that the US has? Not only being a part of NATO, but commitments to Israel, Egypt, Japan, Korea, Australia, NZ, and so on. At a minimum the US needs an active carrier in both the Atlantic and Pacific, and usually two in the Pacific. To do that you need at another minimum twice that number to rotate ships out. Then for carriers you need more for life cycle and overhauls.

Plus its always quite disingenuous to compare the US to say a country like France. The size, population, economy, etc are in completely different categories.