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.
Let me say it this way.........if we, the United States of America, had not intervened and saved Europe from the Third Reich and Asia from Imperialist Japan, and replaced those governments with forced democracies, there is no way to even speculate how great the world wide disaster would have been.
I note you ignored my assessment of isolationists like yourself, and did not choose to defend yourself or deny it.
The only options as I see it, for the motivation of isolationism are that America is a negative force in the world and should not 'impose' our way of government on other countries........a view shared by the left. Or, the other option is that you don't care what happens to anyone else in the world because you are either elitist, or completely self-centered.
I suppose a third option would be that you are all cowards, but I tend to think that your isolationist views stem from either the view that American democracy is a bad thing, or an elitism that says that people outside our borders neither want, nor deserve freedom, or self-absorbtion that results in apathy about the plight of anyone else except yourself.
I find none of those options acceptable, and all are completely repugnant to my own Christian world view.
But in the case of terrorism and the present war we are waging on those who want us all dead, your isolationist view is not only elitist and selfish, but is in reality, self-destructive, not only to your own personal well being, but to the well being of the country that we (both?) love. In other words, your POV with this enemy, is dangerous and potentially deadly, and I praise God that we have a President who doesn't share it, and pray daily that in 2008 whoever is elected will have the vision and courage to continue this fight, and will not cower in fear as would be your preference.