I prefer what Washington said.
If anybody tries to invade us, we destroy them. No more nation building.
“If anybody tries to invade us, we destroy them. No more nation building.”
Amen.
“I prefer what Washington said.”
Though President Washington spoke against entangling alliances in Europe as he was leaving office, he was unable to avoid them during his presidency - perhaps this is where the lesson came from. The Jay Treaty set up an undeclared naval war with revolutionary France, then going through the terror. The unfortunite fact of history is that every American president has to deal with entangling alliances - neutrality is a fine line to toe.
BTW - President Washington also warned against political parties in that same Farewell Address. We didn’t listen to that warning as well.