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America would probably be a lot better off if it did, but if America got even better( and it's gone
down hill a lot in the last 50 years) even more people would be crawling across the borders or
digging under (oh they already do that) swimming, flying, polevaulting and even catapulting into
here.....they've done them all and more |
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US has a lot of influence and its focus on the war against terrorism is important to reducing the
effect of terrorists |
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There is something to be said for focusing on domestic issues in the US, as these have certainly
been neglected under the Bush administration. The current recession also requires a more concerted
government effort on the domestic front. Yet I would not support a policy of isolationism and I do
not think that this would be possible in our interconnected world.
The increasing importance of multinational corporations, foreign ownership of US commercial
interests and the crisis surrounding the high price of oil are all issues that the US must deal
with, but which also necessitate its involvement on the international stage. For example, Washington
should somehow work to convince oil producing countries--specifically Saudi Arabia--to increase oil
production, even though most recently Bush failed to do precisely this. If Washington cannot achieve
this in the near future, and if the price of oil climbs above $150 per barrel, as analysts predict,
the country's domestic economy will be in even more trouble than it already is.
Isolationism necessarily means a withdrawal from world affairs. The US quite simply cannot afford to
go down this route. What it should do, however, is end the idealistic, but badly flawed
neo-conservative policy of exporting democracy to other nations. |
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19 May 2008 03:01
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