I guess I look at folks such as Ronald Reagan. The USA should never assume an isolation role especially when it comes to Russia or it will come to North America.
Russia is already here; especially in the public school system.
He built up the most powerful military force in the world and the Soviet Union went bankrupt trying to keep up with the US.
Even had they not gone broke, they would never have dared trying the crap we have seen recently.
We can not fight a war when our country is full of those who would stab us in the back.
Europe is about to find that out.
Assume that ISIS makes good their threat to invade Italy. What do you think the Muslim population will do in Paris, the Scandinavian countries, Brussels, etc.?
Europe will have a war at their front and long knives, AK47’s and car bombs at their backs.
And an under armed military, cops that do not carry guns and pols no better than obummer at the top.
We must not be put in the same position.
Frankly, I hope that ISIS does invade Italy and what happens in Europe will scare the US back to reality.
But instead, I suspect we will send 5 or 10,000 men over to help, under armed and loaded down with rules of engagement that will bleed us to death.