Ron and Ran Paul represents a viewpoint that when the US becomes the policeman of the world, it is expensive and a thankless job. Today all the nations we saved in WW2 will turn on us if it was in their interests. Recent poll done on the streets of the world to get the feelings of the people on the street on how they feel about the US. Five top countries that hate the US are Palestinians, Pakistanis, Iraq, Egypt, and Aghanistan. Fox news wonder why many Americans are not interested in empire America and support neo isolationism. It is very simple, after WW2 Americans want to be leader of the free world because the people we help appreciated our sacrifice. We do not have that today. Maybe being policeman of the world means we have to deal with RealPolitik. During Cold War we had to side with brutal dictatorships to counter Communist expansion. Maybe the friend of my friend or enemy of my enemies, convuluted what we stand for and make us look like hypocrites. Example criticize China on forcing Churches to register while doing business with Saudi Arabia despite the fact they will execute Christians. IAW being policeman in the world eventually destroys US image and values. Our founding fathers call it entanglement. Finally the US did not become a world power via conquest. We became a world power by letting the great powers of our past kill each other, and we quietly step in as the sole intact economic power after they exhausted and kill each other. Neocons keep screaming that the if the US withdraw from the world the world will go into chaos. Hey neocons, how did we become a great power? In other words give war a chance. Pull back to our two ocean barriers and let China, EU, Russia, India and Japan kill each other.
“Hey neocons, how did we become a great power? In other words give war a chance. Pull back to our two ocean barriers and let China, EU, Russia, India and Japan kill each other.”
And how does the above account for the Messicans and other illegal aliens who hate us, or for that significant part of Blacks who hate us?
I suggest that we settle our internal potential race war issues while we still can. Assuming that such can be accomplished without a 4th Generation style civil war in a world where an anti-American, pro Islam President has placed similarly anti-American officials in top military and civil positions.