I'm too sick to argue my stance right now.
I know we made gains from involvement in WW2. It helped us go to the moon. A lot of good came of it.
None of which, in my opinion, was particularly worthwhile. Superpower status? Whoopty doo. Who needs to be a superpower? It just means you're the big dog on the porch. Nazi Gold? We did take some of the wealth. Spoils of war. That's how it goes. But a large chunk of it sits in Swiss bank accounts or is unaccounted for.
Nuclear arms race? Phooey. All that did was make some people rich, terrify millions for decades, and gave the world a weapon nobody wants to use.
If, being isolationist, meant America didn't achieve great things like going to the moon, being a superpower, so be it. I see no use in opening up to other nations because what we could gain we could likely gain ourselves through other means. I'm an American. I live in America. As such, my priorities lie with my nation and countrymen. All other nations and its people are secondary considerations.
That's my belief. Every nation should be more concerned with itself than others. Europe is constantly holding America up to its standards and the Euro-elite embrace a borderless world concept. But everyone is involving themselves in one another's issues and problems. Including America. And that in itself is the source of much of the world's troubles.
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