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[quote][b]buhatkj[/b] wrote: there is a significant 3rd party political movement in the usa that believes we should return to a policy of isolationism. basically, if the world doesnt like the way we try to help. then let them be, let them deal with it themselves. withdraw from any international organizations like the UN or NATO that attempt to make policy for the world as a whole, and only deal with the outside world via heavily restricted trade. this is the libertarian party. much of the rest of their political platform appeals to me, but this isolationist bits has been hard for me to swallow. i thought we need to participate, but to use a light touch. all the same, i read not more than a week ago about an international diplomatic dinner at which john howard, from austrailia encouraged bush to keep america involved in international politics and disputes. he said something like "the world needs an active and involved USA". so maybe there are those that would rather we didnt return to isolationism (like we were before WW1). more often though, we get a pretty cold shoulder, which is one of the reasons why this party has grown to become a legitimate political factor in the US. one of my co-workers is a member, and i vote for both them and others (i try to evaluate each candidate seperately, regardless of party affiliation). as far as defeatism, yeh, it is in that post. americans who travel abroad tell people that they are canadian, just to avoid being hassled, the internet is rife with this abject hatred for everything we are, and everything we do, and within our own country, we are so far from united anymore that they should change the damn name of the place. so yeh, im a little defeatist. maybe being hated gets old eh? a lot of the news i read makes me so upset anymore i dunno whether to just stop reading it, or maybe to acknowledge the libertarians have a point. really, has being involved in the UN, or trying to help in the mideast, or humanitarian involvement in africa, or asia or anything we have done like this helped US at all?? has it done anything other than drain our own economy and earn us hatred and mistrust from the very people we try to help? i find it hard to think of a single good thing that has come of it. so why do we do it? what's in it for us?[/quote]
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