Iso doesn’t equal war. Iso didn’t cause wwii. Why is protectionism a problem? People who blame protectionism for war are the same people who want amnesty for cheap immigrant workers. US competitiveness has essentially been off-shored. The dollar is purposely being devalued - welcome to third world America. We need a candidate who will rollback NAFTA and bring back American jobs instead of building infrastructure in Muslim countries who don’t even want it and blow it up.
I think isolationism is an unrealistic solution to the existing situation. There was a time when isolationism worked, but I think that time is long gone.
Paul's positions are Constitutionally grounded, which is why I like him, but even Jefferson sailed to the Mediterranean to fight Islamists.