The biggest isolationists were the Communists, after the Non-Aggression pact between Hitler and Stalin. They said the US should stay out of the “European Imperialists War”.
“Isolationists advocated non-involvement in European and Asian conflicts and non-entanglement in international politics”
The best thing we can do is show others the way. Be an example to learn from, a shining city on the hill.
Show what a Constitutional Republic of limited government can do for its people, living standards and technological innovation, and the entire world.
Oh, wait . . .
There have been many stories in the media since the Ukraine war started , about how Putin is Hitler, and how Hitler could have been stopped if only the world had taken action against him sooner.
Is Putin like Hitler? Will he really invade country after country if he’s not stopped in Ukraine?
Do the stories of history apply to this situation?
Just like WWI, Americans had to be massaged, propagandized and manipulated into war.
My Grandmother, who had one brother killed, and another gassed in WWI such that he was an invalid, was firmly against any US involvement in WWII. When the time came, she forced Dad to join the Navy so he wouldn’t be in what she imagined would be another trench war in France.
Well, yeah.... So is someone saying that these guys were wrong, at the same time they're advocating for "Non-Isolationism" in some situation. Gee, what could it be...
Isolationist or Interventionist … I pick neither.
I pick “America First”. If it’s a vital national interest to intervene, to spend our blood and treasure, then intervene. Otherwise, stay out and mind our own business.
WW1: out
WW2: in
Korea: tough call
Vietnam: out
Afghanistan: quick in, then out
Iraq: out
Ukraine: out
Your mileage may vary. Just my two cents. Which ain’t worth much given Biden’s inflation.
.
Billy Mitchell, Wernher von Braun, and Hyman Rickover collectively made isolationism suicidally stupid.
Our entire “nuclear triad” system of deterrence is based on their creations but their work also gave America’s enemies the capability to annihilate our cities from thousands of miles outside the US. And all you need do to create mortal enemies is to be top dog.
Particularly in the 21st Century world, we already have unavoidable foreign entenglements due to the uneven geographic distribution of strategically-critical natural resources. Not to be engaged abroad would be to fall behind in the capabilities those resources support.
The “yellow cake” for Little Boy came from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The titanium for the A-12/SR-71 came from the USSR itself. Key ingredients for touch-screens and jet engine impellers comes from OCONUS.
At the risk of getting all misty-eyed, sometimes you gotta get by with a little help from your friends. And not everybody is going to like everything you do, especially when they’re think you’ve set out to dominate the planet.