Looks to me like you are a paleocon, which is cool by me. But I think one of the greatest doctrinal mistakes paleocons make is their extreme isolationism, and their short term reasoning for this. And ultimately, after their position in WWII, it came down in the Republican party to Eisenhower vs. Taft. Eisenhower won, because he offered a concrete plan to deal with the threat, rather than sit here with our heads in the sand.
Make no mistake, Israel, Iraq, Iran and even Afghanistan aside, the Islamists would have come for us. Then, what would you have done? Gone Jacksonian on them? Somehow I doubt it. Staying out of the mid-east completely is not a plan. Nor is supporting the gator, in the hopes of the gator eating you last. You don't like Israel? Fine. Or, more accurately as I suspect, you don't like the sacrifices America makes for Israel? Fine.
But, if you are a sovereigntist, don't you want to keep your enemy away from you as far as you can? Supporting Israel keeps them busy.
Technology has changed the world.
It has both eliminated the need and the wisdom of living in cities.
I would America stop immigration, as the more people, the harder to become self sufficient.
And the more people, the denser the population, which makes the use of WMDs more deadly.
America should isolate herself as much as possible, become as self-sufficent as possible, and her population should begin to move back to live in rural areas.
We no longer need to work right next door to each other--many of us can telecommute from homes in the country.
Cities are obsolete and present a fat target for terrorists possessing WMD's.
I do not believe we can completely stop terrorist from the mideast or wherever, from some day attacking us with WMDs.
BUT--for a weapon of mass destruction to work, it needs a mass of people to act upon.
Therefore, the best fortress is no fortress.
People should return to living in rural areas.
That will be the best way to protect against WMD terrorism.
Even during the cold war, the government advised city planners to attempt to spread out urban areas, but city planners ignored that adivce.
Under the fear of WMD terrorism, it's even better advice today.