Vepp said:
What isolationists fail to understand is that we are the world's reserve currency. This puts us in a very powerful position with respect to world affairs.
To maintain this fact, we must intervene in and manipulate other countries' affairs to keep the status quo. Becoming fully isolationist would be DEVESTATING to our currency, which is what we need to avoid at all costs.
It's the price to pay when you are the only true super power on earth. China could be, yet they rely on to much of the U.S. for their economy to be stable. Russia was "on paper" till the Iron Curtain fell. England lost that role after WW2. 55 countries once under British rule all declared independence or just told England to get F***ed from 1946 to1984.
As much as people hate us, they sure do rely on us for a lot. No one is banging on French doors begging for help, or Denmark or Sweden. When a country needs some freedom, they start chanting USA USA USA.
Can't decide if I want to be cute & cuddly, or go blow some sh*t up.
Decisions decisions.