[cowboyusa]

The Monroe Doctrine was Jacksonian, not Isolationist. It was a statement that we would be willing to go to war if foreign Nations meddled in our hemisphere. When France owed us money, Jackson was ready to go to war to get it. France backed down.

[Jan_Sobieski]

The Monroe Doctrine was Jacksonian, not Isolationist. It was a statement that we would be willing to go to war if foreign Nations meddled in our hemisphere. When France owed us money, Jackson was ready to go to war to get it. France backed down.

While there were some exceptions l, for the most part We stayed out of Russia’s back yard during the Cold War, they stayed out of ours. The fact that we’ve meddled in many nations on Russia’s border through color revolutions and covert actions is anti-Monroe.

[Verginius Rufus]

I think the Monroe Doctrine was actually devised by John Quincy Adams, Monroe’s Secretary of State. Adams and Jackson were not exactly best friends.