[ohioWfan]

The U.S. gave stability to both nations (McCarthur essentially writing the 1946 Japanese Constitution) and thus both nations embraced the concept that the ballot was better than the bullet in resolving differences.

Exactly.

One of the differences between a conservative and an isolationist is that they (the isolationists) share the view of the left that America does damage when it 'interferes' in the affairs of other countries.

Whereas, we, the conservatives, understand that our system of government is the best on earth, and will improve any country where it is successfully implemented.

We look at history through the prism that America is good, and they look through the prism that America has no right to improve the lot of the citizens of other countries by bringing them freedom.

Fortunately, they don't control the country, because if they did, we WOULD be speaking German now here in the east, and quite possibly Japanese on the west coast.

The only other option to their believing that Americans are bad is that they are self-centered creeps who want the rest of the world to suffer under totalitarianism, or at the very least don't give a rip about anyone except themselves.

Either option is extremely negative, but they are, IMO, the only two we are left with, given their isolationist views.

[Austin Willard Wright]

Fortunately, they don't control the country, because if they did, we WOULD be speaking German now here in the east, and quite possibly Japanese on the west coast.

I address some of these issues in the previous post but please note that nobody, but nobody, of any credibility considered it even a distant possiblity that Germany and Japan would successfully invade and occupy the continental United States. This was especially true after the military build-up began in 1939, a build up supported by leading "isolationists" such as Robert Taft. FDR's decision to confront Japan and Germany was based on other considerations. If you have evidence to the contrary, I'd be interested in seeing it....because you could write a block buster revisionist book that would sell like hotcakes.

[fortheDeclaration]

I believe the problem comes in associating the view that America should export American values with the unAmerican, utoptian views of Woodrew Wilson.

America was always suppose to be the example of what self-Government could achieve.

We understand that different cultures are going to have different approaches.

America holds to nationalism, not the false internationalism of the League of Nations and the U.N.

The great achievement of America was the founding on the concept of individual rights, rights given by God and not government and that is what makes America unique to the World and is an enemy to all tyrants.