Great idea, but unachievable. Yes, we are spending money towards wars that we needn't be fighting, but what would happen if we were to drop out our foreign policy?



Well for one, we have many countries worldwide as allies. So, what would become of these alliances if we were to all of a sudden drop out of these international conflicts?



It's similar to if you were to see someone beating up your best friend while he is calling for your help. Yes, you want to help your friend in his time of need. Tho something crosses your mind. What if this guy is stronger than you? What if you get just as badly injured as your friend? So, you decide to not help your friend in fear of you getting hurt. You just stand as watch as your friend is hurt and attacked, ignoring his calls for help.



Weeks pass and your friend doesn't speak a word to you. You know he's mad. He's pissed. How could you just stand there while he is attacked?



Well, this is similar to the US's foreign policy. Currently if one of our allies, or friends, is attacked, they normally will ask for help if they need so. We help them in any way possible, and in return they help us when we need fit.



If we were to ignore their cries for help in fear that we will be just as bad off as them, we risk losing a close ally; we risk losing a friend.



We must also take into consider another possibility. They may go further than to ignore our cries as we did their's. They may attack us in response to our ignorance during their time of need.



On September, 11th of 2001, two commercial jets crashed into the World Trade Center of New York City and one plane crashed right into the Pentagon in Washington, D.C.



This was an attack of the Iraqi terrorist group known as Al Qaeda, lead by Osama bin Laden. When this attack happened we sent troops to Iraq to execute bin Laden and get revenge for the attack on our nation.



Now we weren't able to just stroll into Iraq with weapons without their permission. Iraq allowed us in under one condition, we must rid their people of the popular terrorist group, Taliban.



After bin Laden was taken care of, there were many US citizens upset that our troops were still in Iraq when our job was done.



Many of us do not realize that we made a deal with Iraq. They help us get rid of bin Laden, and we are to rid them of the Talibans' terror.



So, in reality, our job was not done. We had to hold up our end of the agreement.



Now what would change if we were to not have an alliance with Iraq? Would Iraq care that bin Laden was attacking our nation? Would bin Laden just stop his attacks against us without Iraq's help? I think not. Report Post

Should the United States be an isolationist country? In a world that is becoming increasing globalized the United states of America needs to be as open as possible. Isolationism would cripple our economy, we need to import and export goods so we can have a growing economy. The idea of isolationism is insane, and the globalized economics we are seeing make it impractical. Report Post

No I don't think the United States should be an isolationist country Shutting ourselves off from the rest of the world, would not do us or those who wish to visit here any favors as free people. People should have the right to travel or move here as they see fit, same goes for buying or supplying goods here. I don't think there would be much of an upside to the United States becoming totally isolationist at all. So no I don't think we should become an isolationist country, we function better when working together with others. Report Post

Militarily Yes, Economically No The United States should not be an isolationist country. We pride ourselves on the melting pot of cultures and ideas that exist within our borders. Thanks to modern communication and the Internet, isolationism is very hard. Militarily, the United States needs to stop being the 9-1-1 service of the world. Immigration laws need to be upheld and the flood of illegal immigrants needs to be stopped. However, in a global economy it is impossible for the United States to isolate itself from everyone else. Posted by: williambrowning Report Post

We should not be an isolationist country. Cause the united states accept all people some time they fight for equality. United means together right last time i check cause the united states needs people to function and people need food and water so if we isolation how is food going to work cause we plant most of the crops on one side right one side of people would dying and the other would be rich in food. Most of the united states would be dead cause the united states also needs power to functions like the president so how is the president suppose to maintain order if he left half. I think the half that dose not have president i think that half is going to go nuts Report Post

This is not probable. I will not say much as I see plenty of relatable arguments. How would the U. S. Trade? Would we just. . . Not? What natural recourses do we have, As a country, That would cover the amount of recourses that we trade? How would this affect our economy? Terribly! America is ALSO in debt- see, All of these things are supporting factors that this AINT probable my dude. Report Post

We are safer fighting with our allies than by our self If we would have helped our allies take out hitler from the start he couldn't have caused as much trouble as he did because he wouldn't have been able to handle two armies at once. That is just one example from the past. There are plenty more examples I could use but I don't want to do research. Report Post

Definitely not a good idea. America being isolated is one of the worst ideas ever. Simply because if we cut our selves out from the real world and someone wages war and which they will. We will be by our selves with no one to defend us. It's ridiculous that we can't even be by ourselves for 1 minute without someone wanting to kill us all so therefore we have to have at least some type of foreign protection. Report Post

USA should not be isolated(hence when it was isolated in WW1) My Opinion: The US should not be isolated because the world is transforming rapidly. Globalization is a big part of how nations connect and work with each other. By being isolated, It is taking that away from the US and the rest of the world as well. For example, When US decided to be isolated after WW1 and not join the Treaty of Versailles, It was for a benefitting purpose of keeping peace within the nation and to not get involved within anything else. But this did not happen. US was not able to maintain that after a couple of years. Not to mention, USA was a main force in WW2 as well. So isolation did not do any good to USA. Report Post