It seems that Americans always have been isolationists. It took a bomb on our property to get people to say, "Hey, you can't do that! Now we need to protect our boundaries and get involved."
It seems that Americans always have been isolationists. It took a bomb on our property to get people to say, "Hey, you can't do that! Now we need to protect our boundaries and get involved."
Isolationists? We have a long history of interfering with the internal politics of other sovereign nations, often with long-term disastrous effect. Guatemala, Iran and Vietnam come immediately to mind.
You are right. Busy bodies. We need to pick and choose our battles. In retrospect Vietnam was a major mistake. Didn't the French leave? We should have taken a hint. Now it is a one party Communist regime. Cruise lines are sailing down the Mei Kong. It is becoming more capitalist though. Nothing was accomplished.
Au contraire. There are four McDonald's locations in Hanoi ;-) (I've always said that the stupid stupid stupid blockade of Cuba will end the day the first McDonald's opens in Havana.)
It seems that Americans always have been isolationists. It took a bomb on our property to get people to say, "Hey, you can't do that! Now we need to protect our boundaries and get involved."
Isolationists? We have a long history of interfering with the internal politics of other sovereign nations, often with long-term disastrous effect. Guatemala, Iran and Vietnam come immediately to mind.
You are right. Busy bodies. We need to pick and choose our battles. In retrospect Vietnam was a major mistake. Didn't the French leave? We should have taken a hint. Now it is a one party Communist regime. Cruise lines are sailing down the Mei Kong. It is becoming more capitalist though. Nothing was accomplished.
Au contraire. There are four McDonald's locations in Hanoi ;-) (I've always said that the stupid stupid stupid blockade of Cuba will end the day the first McDonald's opens in Havana.)