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Originally Posted by scaeagles
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.
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Would you consider Switzerland isolationist? I like Switzerland.
I try and look at world situation in the same way I look at the choices I make in life. MOST of the time, I'm better off if I don't get involved. That certainly doesn't mean I always take my own advice, but usually, in retrospect, I would be better off to leave myself out of situations. It's an ego thing. Sure, it makes me feel better when I can pull my weight and have opinions, tell people off and puff myself up, but who does it really help?