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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin
Being an isolationist country would by no means guarantee our safety. I think we learned that lesson in World War II. I'm not saying that we shouldn't reevaluate our foreing aid and foreign policy, but I think it would be naive and shortsighted to think that we would be safer and that the world would be a safer place if we simply became an isolationist country. Quite to the contary, I think there could be some devastating consequences.
If a country is an active player on the world stage, they are not going to make everybody happy. You will certanly make some enemies. You just have to live with that because the alternative of being an isolationist country is not a viable alternative.
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I wanted to type something very much like
the above concerning foreign affairs.
We also must remember the tremendous number
of groups in this country that go out purely for
humanitarian reasons with no poliltical agenda.
Doctors without borders, and a number of religious
groups that make it illegal to "spread the word of
God" while doing charity work abroad. There are so
many groups in this country with nothing but good
intentions for starving and disease ridden areas outside
our country. You just dont hear about them. But I know
some of these Doctors and others of good will that make
these journeys into very tough situations.