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To: MikeinIraq
but to compare current times and events to the past really can't hold much weight. Especially when going back that far

I agree.  World War II pretty much put an end to Washington style isolationism as something to be taken seriously.  And, prior to World War II it was taken very seriously.  I once came across a book in stack at the university library, title and author now long forgotten, written by a retired Army officer advocating we build a figuratively high wall between us and the outside world.

A more interesting debate, about which I've recently done a lot of reading, would be a debate between Madison and Hamilton:  How to interpret the Constitution.  That might have a bit more relevancy.

20 posted on 02/26/2005 11:36:48 AM PST by Racehorse (Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.)
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To: Racehorse

yeah. World War II put an end to a lot of things. Had Washington been around to compare the type of destruction in his time to the amount in World War I or II, he would be astonished....and changed somewhat I would guess....


21 posted on 02/26/2005 11:39:43 AM PST by MikefromOhio (The DUmmies: Showing us daily how screwed up people can really be!!!!)
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To: Racehorse
World War II pretty much put an end to Washington style isolationism as something to be taken seriously. And, prior to World War II it was taken very seriously

However, you join with the Wilsonians in mislabeling it.

Washington nor Jefferson ever advocated isolationism. Go back and read again Washington's paragraph L in the debate. "Liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest." That is hardly isolationistic. The debate is not between isolationism and non-isolationism; it is between maximizing our independence of action and allowing other interests to marginalize it. That is a very different thing.

Under the Washington/Jefferson foreign policy, America is free to pursue her interests and her people's interest in every corner of the earth. That is not the issue in this debate.

48 posted on 02/26/2005 1:17:32 PM PST by Ohioan
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