[skeeter]

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. G Washington

Never more true than it is today.

[MercyFlush]

You need not look further than Russia for an example of a country that has virtually isolated itself with neither friend nor ally.

Look how well it’s working for them before you tell me to have America follow suit.