You just have to chuckle at the self loathing streak in our armchair isolationists. Sometimes I think they hate this country ever bit as much as the Democrats. The idea that American power can’t be projected in a positive way in the world under a POTUS like Trump is laughable.
Many of the isolationists and doves posting on FR are really union loving democrats. They are paid by the post and they do hate this country.
I don’t want one American drop of blood to be spilled for the benefit of foreign interests, foreign governments, or nation building. America’s greatest problems are domestic in nature and we have no business intervening in the affairs of others when our own house is in disorder.
Before the Bush program (carried on by Obama and Hillary) of regime change and nation building began, Libya and Syria had some modicum of stability and order. As soon as nation-building enthusiasts started egging on rebels, those countries became failed states torn by ethnic, sectarian, and tribal warfare. I fail to see how that was a "projection of power in a positive way" for us or for anyone else.
We tried projecting American power in Iraq and Afghanistan, with disastrous results. The truth is, we should avoid foreign adventurism because we’re not very good at it.