[Arch-Conservative]

The purpose of Buchanan's book, "A Republic, Not an Empire" is that the United States is far too entangled in the affairs of foreign nations. His gist is that we are falling into the trap of imperialism, and that getting entangled worldwide is counter to our national interests.

To my mind, this is isolationism. I think it to be in America's best interest to export those ideas which made us great. It in our best interest to be imperialists - not to the extent that we actually establish an Empire, in the traditional sense of the word, but so that we use our might to establish pro-American regimes around the world.

This is not meant as a slap at Buchanan, whom I have a great amount of respect and admiration for. But I am afraid that such a world-view is not conservative - and, to the extent that Buchanan is not conservative, I cannot agree with him.

From the right,
Adam D. Elrod

"The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left."

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"To my mind, this is isolationism. I think it to be in America's best interest to export those ideas which made us great. It in our best interest to be imperialists - not to the extent that we actually establish an Empire, in the traditional sense of the word, but so that we use our might to establish pro-American regimes around the world."

If thats the case, we've failed miserably. Where are those ProAmerican regimes? Name one that isn't sucking up because of our money but because of our great Western ideas.