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Originally Posted by Ryzorian
For one thing, we wouldn't have military bases all over the world and would basically stay to ourselves for the most part. Perfectly willing to trade with you, but try to get involved in your national polotics.
They also would dump the "patriot act", completely overboard there. We wouldn't worry about immigrants so much either, just set up "Ellis Island" type areas where they can be identified and given Social security numbers, so they can become citizens like everybody else, or at least have a green card.
The USA before WW1 was almost completely isolated from the rest of the world and frankly I would perfer that we did that again. The world is nothing but a Huge PIA for the US. Withdraw all our troops from every where, keep our Navy along our own shores and Kick the UN out of New York. The world can take care of itself.
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So that looks like Ron Paul's isolationist policy. What will happen to Israel, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Japan, Korea and South East Asia?
The US has 4.5% of world's population and 23% of world's gdp now, do you think it will be able to maintain such a life style if it became isolationist? Will Americans be happy to live like the Amish? Will Americans like getting kicked around by the yellow man and the dark brown man, parking their air craft carriers near East and West coast?
I respect Ron Paul, because he is honest, but I don't think he knows what is best for America.