Regardless of the comment above, and regardless of the Afgan war, the effects of interventionism, starting with our imperial era conquest of the Phillipines, has always landed the US into more trouble than its worth. As we "export" "democracy", our own democratic rights and freedoms are impinged due to the metteling of the defense/corporate arm of this country. Capitalism depends on new enterprises and an abundacy of resources. As we strafe the earth of what's left, precious time and the environment are laid to waste. For the world to be entirely free and enterprising a new frontier has to be saught and as long as jaugernauts like the US bully smaller countries into our way of thinking, resentment will be at a all time high.

As far as intervention goes, it comes down to rationale. What is the United States' true rationale for interveing or invading, many see it as greed and averest. Even at the most idealistic, the US invades a country like Iraq, for it's own security and freedom, which in and of itself is greedy and selfish. As I have said before its all but for a few. The biggest lemon sold to the US public is that the rich's intrests and money making is what makes the peons money.

-Walrus

We tried isolationism. The world wouldn't leave us alone (Britain in WWI, Japan in WWII). That avenue is closed to us.

Why does it have to be isolationism? I didn't say that, but over extension on every possible front? Why must we adhere to this type of doctrine. This obviously isn't WWII, and I don't think having a standing military on almost every continent of the world is the answer? Accordingly, the world didn't want to leave us alone? you think seizing lands in the far East didn't embolden Japan to strike, or the Germans to strike North Atlantic sea ways in WWI, due to the trade of munitions? Yes, I agree putting the preverbial genie back in the bottle is impossible, but this does not mean that a scaling back and long term dissengament shouldn't start to happen. Not isolationsim, but a revised world awarness and interventionism should be in order. Have the events of the last 30 years taught us nothing. Furthermore, any sort of intevention by this country will only include greater and more impressive examples of militiraism, occupation, and war.

-Walrus

Because it lead directly to two big fucking towers in NYC hitting the ground. Now I mean this in the best possible way. Get your fucking interventionist head out of your ass. That road should be closed to us.