[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.

[cowboyusa]

I agree with that. I wish BOTH Nations would grow up, and come to the table. I really hope that President Trump adopts what he did with Ukraine as a policy. No more Aid TO ANYONE. You want something from the US , you are going to pay for it.

[Glad2bnuts]

Yes Ma’am, my family is from Russia, where the Ukrainians now claim as their land. My family came over at the end of 1890’s. They gave up my grandfathers twin brother, they said he was sick. Leave him behind, or you all stay at Ellis Island.

People left Europe because they were tired of being sent to die in wars they didn’t want to be in. My Grandfather, a Pastor, many times removed, was hung, then beheaded in Britain, because he would’nt swear allegiance to the Royal religion. Family fled and ended up in Virginia, one died outside Daniel Boones fort. I have deep roots in this country, and my parents would not recognize it.