The American diplomatic and military debacles in the Middle East since 1945 are attributable to our failure to heed the advice of our founders to stay out of foreign entanglements. If we had not intervened in the affairs of the nations of the Middle East by choosing sides and forcing regime change we would have saved trillions in spending and the lives and limbs of thousands of American citizens. Today we have nothing to show for our financial “investment” or our blood but more pain and suffering to come. In fact it appears the ultimate outcome of our interference in the affairs of other nations may be a nuclear attack on our homeland by Iran.
“Against the insidious wiles of foreign influences (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens), the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake, since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. But that jealousy, to be useful, must be impartial; else it becomes the instrument of the very influence to be avoided, instead of a defence against it. Excessive partiality for one foreign nation, and excessive dislike of another, cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.”
-——George Washington 1796
isolationist drivel, balderdascious claptrap