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Originally Posted by aegyptos  It wasn't US isolationism that led to war in Europe, it was Franco-British appeasement of the fascist dictators. |
Right, I agree with that, and the U.S. wasn't prepared and we ended up in both world wars helping the allies. We let Germany rebuild her military during the 1930's. I think Churchill was the only one who knew Hitler for the nut job that he was early on.
My point was that we can't just side idle and say. Let's just let Iran be Iran and Iraq be Iraq. We paid that price with Germany and Japan. Or Pakistan, India right now as we have to be the mediator. We have to invest in our foreign policy now more than ever.
Let's keep opening Walmart's and KFC's in China giving the people there more choices so we don't see the red guard ever again. Let's keep an eye on Chavez in Venezuela. Being pro-active should be goal. Research and development should be our goal even though we don't have all the answers.