Washington offered that admonition at a time when the United States of America was gifted with splendid isolation in physical fact. But even then, the outside world made its influence felt. Today, it’s delusional to think that the world’s wealthiest, most powerful nation can avoid “foreign entanglements.” What happens in Europe or the western Pacific affects America whether we like it or not. We tried to reprise splendid isolation between the world wars and it didn’t turn out well.
A wise man once counseled that we avoid foreign entanglements. Was it because we were likely to choose the wrong side or that there would rarely be a right side?
Washington offered that admonition at a time when the United States of America was gifted with splendid isolation in physical fact. But even then, the outside world made its influence felt. Today, it’s delusional to think that the world’s wealthiest, most powerful nation can avoid “foreign entanglements.” What happens in Europe or the western Pacific affects America whether we like it or not. We tried to reprise splendid isolation between the world wars and it didn’t turn out well.
A wise man once counseled that we avoid foreign entanglements. Was it because we were likely to choose the wrong side or that there would rarely be a right side?
Off topic - sorry.
Navalny's death might/should make a difference.
Putin forgot Stalin's (alleged) statement: "The death of one man is a tragedy, the death of millions is a statistic."
Americans have gotten used to the horrendous numbers in Ukraine.
Let us hope that enough recognize the death of Navalny and how it exposes the brutality of Putin's regime.