I am not sure how you can say you are for a small government but want an extremely powerful military. Having a massive military creates the need for massive government. Also it is pretty naive that you think the US goes around the world protecting democracy. The US doesn't step in to help anyone unless it is of some importance to us, and the US has probably overthrown as many democracies as they have helped to defend. Most of the world democracies don't rely on us for anything, they just do their own things.