[MNJohnnie]

What amazing is this idiot Neo isolationist dogma is still being spewed in a post 09-11 world.

The days of being able to hide out in “fortress America” and ignore the rest of the world are long over.

The 09-11 attacks demonstrated that they will come here if you do not deal with them there.

[fr_freak]

The days of being able to hide out in “fortress America” and ignore the rest of the world are long over.

Actually, we could do just fine hiding out in "fortress America" and (mostly) ignoring the rest of the world if America were really a fortress. The problem is that, not only is America a giant open-market bazaar these days allowing any third-world idiot in, but we are actively importing them. In a true "fortress America" the 9/11 hijackers would never even have been allowed into the country just due to the fact that they were muslim.

Well, if we are going to be the world's welfare state, then, yeah, we have to be on our toes 24/7 for when our unruly guests get bored and want attention.

[Pining_4_TX]

They only come here if we let them in, which Bush started to do in large numbers and Obama continued.