I love how some think traveling the world killing people and blowing things up is "experiencing the culture". I travel the world boozing, dating, clubbing, baring (is that a word?), buying, etc. In the end I harm not a soul. I bring money to certain economies, date their most beautiful girls, and drink their local booze and eat their local foods. Hell, I NEED TO BE THANKED! The world LOVES ME! My weapon of choice is a wallet. You want to spread Americanism? Just send me.
Saddest thing is that people don't forget. I could have single handedly solved the problems in Serbia. You could have sent me and a few friends in with some money, the names of the coolest bars/discos, and our American issued smiles (Americans have a certain constant smile). We would have succeeded where America and the West failed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCOxTVhB5sY&feature=related
Look. Less than 10 years later and the Serbs still don't forget. Wow. There goes the USA Embassy. Sad. They are not destroying it because I was once in Serbia. Hell no. Serbs love me. Nice girls as well.
Seriously. It is called "Blowback". You can't kill innocent people and be forgiven in this day and age. Use other strategies. It is a VERY legit idea that many in the USA intelligence sector agree with. Brains over bullets.