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To: DIRTYSECRET

My favorite isolationist was George Washington. We should have listened to him.

I bet this guy’s bud isn’t going to get nipped.


5 posted on 06/21/2025 7:16:34 AM PDT by dforest
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To: dforest

**My favorite isolationist was George Washington. We should have listened to him.**
That would mean no Thomas Jefferson taking on the Barbary pirates. Was he into corporate welfare?

**By his logic we should be in a hot war with China right now.**
Interesting. Commodore Perry threatened to blow Japan up if they didn’t open up. In China we had commercial interests worthy of gunboat protection. Can we blame capitalism?

Two oceans and our own natural resources don’t seem to keep us out of trouble.


12 posted on 06/21/2025 7:29:34 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: dforest

The man volunteered to lead soldiers into battle against the most powerful nation on earth.

Not very isolationary.


51 posted on 06/21/2025 1:39:37 PM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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