Mike, I believe you once stated that you can identify with libertarians. So please read the following criticism of libertarian foreign policy by Charles Krauthammer and give me your argument for isolationism in a world dominated by terrorists.
Stigmatizing this strategy with the epithet of isolationism, Krauthammer repeats the familiar charge against libertarians that they are naïve about foreign policy:
The Paulites, pining for the splendid isolation of the 19th century, want to leave the world alone on the assumption that it will then leave us alone. Which rests on the further assumption that international stability - open sea lanes, free commerce, relative tranquillity - comes naturally, like the air we breathe. If only that were true. Unfortunately, stability is not a matter of grace. It comes about only by Great Power exertion.
Stigmatizing this strategy with the epithet of isolationism, Krauthammer repeats the familiar charge against libertarians that they are naïve about foreign policy:
The Paulites, pining for the splendid isolation of the 19th century, want to leave the world alone on the assumption that it will then leave us alone. Which rests on the further assumption that international stability - open sea lanes, free commerce, relative tranquillity - comes naturally, like the air we breathe. If only that were true. Unfortunately, stability is not a matter of grace. It comes about only by Great Power exertion.