[KevinDavis]

Funny, I don't recall our founders being isolationist.. I mean it was Jefferson who sent Marines against the Barbary Pirates overseas..

You have to realize back when this country was founded, it took months just to cross the Atlantic, now it only takes a matter of hours if not minutes.. We tried isolationism in the 30's and it failed.

[Colonel Kangaroo]

We tried isolationism in the 30's and it failed.

I disagree. For one thing, we weren't totally isolationist in the 1930s. FDR tried every trick he could think of to entangle us in the war over conservative opposition until the Japanese finally took the bait.

Secondly, as far as isolation went, it was a great success for the USA. We were the last power to enter the war and thus we emerged from the war as the world's true superpower.

It's sad that most conservative now are more in step with FDR's mindset than Robert Taft's.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

I suggest you read Chernow’s bio on Alexander Hammilton. You would see it in context.

I believe the founders would be appalled at the us having permanent military presence in (I read) more than 100 countries. 800 bases. The Roman empire only had 37.