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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.

[Arch-Conservative]

I would somewhat agree that we have not been entirely successful at the installation of Pro-American regimes in all cases - but this is not to say that we have been entirely unsuccessful either. Our primary successes have been with regard to the Soviet block, Japan, and Germany and Great Britian (to some extent). Each of these countries was once a rival, and now each of them has adopted a decidedly pro-American stance.

Such overwhelming successes have come in the face of the isolationist right, and the dovish left. We have not been successful in convincing fellow Americans of the inherent superiority of the American system, and, as such, we have not been able to entirely implement the Reagan brand of foreign policy. However, this does not detract from the fact that it works everytime it is tried.

From the right,
Adam D. Elrod