Do you support the US's involvement in Kosovo, the
Middle East, etc.? I am asking because in the past many people with similar
pro-business views were isolationists, and isolationism has proven to be
impractical as well as dangerous (imagine the US deciding not to get involved
against Hitler. The US would have ended up having to deal with a two-front war
on American ground).
"Isolationist" is a smear term, used against countries who
don't wish to interfere in other countries. If the country does interfere it is called "Imperialist".
Either way the country -- America -- is condemned.
Whether America sends its young boys to die
off in other countries, or not, should be solely based on America's own
self interest -- and the interests of those who are risking their lives.
In the Middle East America has a selfish
interest: oil. In Kosovo, it has no interest. America does have the moral right
to overthrow the present government of Bosnia, as it is not a sovereign nation,
as its citizens are not sovereign, i.e., their rights are violated by their
own government. However, America has no obligation to overthrow such
governments. (As for your views on Hitler, a good argument can be made that
America should have let the Nazis and the Soviets go at it, so that the two great slave states of the 20th century would wipe each
other out, or at least the victor of this war between Germany and Russia would
be so weak as to be easily defeated by the U.S.).
In terms, of improving the situation of countries, like Bosnia, that is primarily a philosophical issue
(those countries need a culture founded on individualism, as opposed
to a culture founded on collectivism/racism). Sadly, on this issue, America
is intellectually bankrupt, as the
ideas it exports to other countries tend to be anti-American,
Leftist ones, i.e., racist ideas that lead to global balkanization, such as mutliculturalism.
