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Originally Posted by Not Afraid
If you makes you feel more comfortable to put an overarching label on me, then go for it. I just may not agree with all of the principals of "isolationism" all of the time.  |
It was an honest question, not meant to be rhetorical. I know isolationists. I, obviously, am not one.
If we don't get involved in Iraq invading Kuwait, Saddam next goes into Saudi Arabia. If we don't get involved in Afghanistan, the Taliban coninues to offer safe haven to all of Al Qaida. If we don't get involved in Bosnia, ethnic cleansing turns into genocide. If we don't get invol.....you get the idea.
Staying too far removed from the situation has never been beneficial. Usually the situation grows until it can no longer be ignored.