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The article hits the nail on the head. We see the issue playing out particularly in the context of NATO, where calls for allies to do more in their own backyard are mistakenly conflated with “isolationism.”

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Fantastic article - its long past time for our elected officials to stop pandering to emotional responses of misinformed masses swayed by the media feeding frenzy of yellow journalism advertising $$. I loved the rational discussion here - we cannot exist in a vacuum, we must lead in across the globe, but no longer just w/ military force - (not working too well in Ukraine, Palestine, etc.) but with carrots, not sticks. Also - SO much cheaper to do and builds long term healthier relationships (see the Marshall Policy post WWII). Best line of the article - Defense spending is now outweighed by debt spending - not sustainable!

So why is it that this makes SO much sense to any even relatively informed reader/citizen, but we cannot move as a nation in this direction? Jennifer Lind for President.

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so glad you liked the post!

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Agreed. Isolationism ceased to be a useful label long, long ago.

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