[tlozo]

“Avoid foreign entanglements”. - George Washington

During Washington's time vast ocean protected the US. After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world.

[frogjerk]

Avoiding foreign entanglements does not mean being isolationist and not caring about the world at large but being prudent (which we haven’t been) and cautious and I would argue that sentement/statement by George Washington was the first MAG(A)/America First type statement by The Greatest American of ALL TIME bar none.

[hardspunned]

I was ignoring the trials and tribulations of the blood feuding Russian and Uke ethnic groups in Donbas just fine. Then someone started throwing $500 million borrowed American taxpayer dollars a day at it. Oh, and putting President Vegetable out there playing nuclear brinkmanship ship over it. I’m sure Washington would be all for this DC swamp boondoggle.

[AAABEST]

After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world.

Wrong. We most certainly CAN ignore corrupt governments, the screeching globaloids and their harpies on Fr... like you.

The globo-morons are what GOT US 9/11. So do everyone a favor and just GTFO after your loss.

And you WILL lose... because you suck.

[yuleeyahoo]

Maybe the correct lesson of 911 was to not allow entry to our nation of peoples from countries that hate us.

[Steve_Seattle]

"After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world."

We also learned that trying to impose our will on the world can lead to endless wars with massive civilian casualties. And were we really ignoring the world before 9/11? We had been engaged in almost non-stop wars and interventions and meddlings for decades.

[DesertRhino]

Whatever… 9/11 does not mean we need to be involved in euro squabbles 60 miles from Kursk on behalf of idiot Galician Nazis.

[Alberta's Child]

The 9/11 hijackers were all welcomed into this country with open arms.

After 9/11 we should have learned that neither oceans nor endless wars in Third World dumps will protect a country run by corrupt and retarded people.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world.”

And the first State Department Talking Point is up already. We’ll see the ret shortly, along with the paid shills.

[TTFX]

During Washington’s time vast ocean protected the US. After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world.

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The United States made Al Qaeda strong to fight the Russians.

In your example, Washington was right.

[A strike]

Vast oceans still protect the US.
Avoiding foreign entanglements is not ignoring the world. It is putting REAL U.S. national security and national interests first. You may have heard of it.

[BroJoeK]

JJBookman: "“Avoid foreign entanglements”. - George Washington

tlozo: "During Washington's time vast ocean protected the US.
After 9/11 we learned you cannot ignore the world."

While George Washington was Commander in Chief of the Continental Army we got deeply entangled with foreign countries like France, Spain and the Netherlands, also received foreign assistance from Poland (Pulaski) and Prussia (von Steuben) among others.

Such "foreign entanglements" were essential to our victory in 1781.
It was also a huge reason why we returned in 1917 -- "Layfayette, we are here!"

Another word for "foreign entanglements" is "allies".
The US has often needed & supported our allies, beginning in the Revolutionary War.