I was kind of guessing that ;-) We shall see. I think isolationism to the degree you suggest would be very dangerous. We did that between the World Wars and it is generally considered one of the factors that led to WW II. It would probably be even more dangerous now with the tight economic connections between countries.

>I am all for our getting out of the United Nations, Afghanistan, Iraq, Germany, Japan and bringing the troops home. The economic policies of both Bush and Obama are and have been bankrupting our nation. When you see hyper-inflation sometime in the not too far future, you will not be so likely to want to "spread the wealth around" any more. I am saying these thigns as a retired military officer, not as a civilian who does not know anything about the military. I am not a pacifist, but am a right-wing conservative.
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>>Or an economic crisis this huge, not in our lifetimes anyway. Most economists agree that the actions of the government (under both Bush and Obama) averted a much larger crisis. If anything they think more money should have been poured in as fuel. In my opinion historians will be much kinder than the hysterical ranters of the moment.
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>>What do you think of Obama's Afghanistan strategy announced this week? I think it was making the best of a bad situation. The part I especially liked was letting Afghanistan / Karzai, and Pakistan as well, know we will not go on like this endlessly. If they continue to harbor terrorists, all bets are off. Take terrorists out surgically without worrying about any bruised feelings of sovereignty. Isn't that what Bush said in the first place? He was right. Now it's time to show it's action and not just words.