"The New York Times
A Bush Alarm: Urging U.S. to Shun Isolationism
WASHINGTON, March 12 — The president who made pre-emption and going it alone the watchwords of his first term is quietly turning in a new direction, warning at every opportunity of the dangers of turning the nation inward and isolationist, and making the case for international engagement on issues from national security to global economics.
President Bush's cautions on the dangers of pulling back behind American borders — in trade and investment, in immigration and in his effort to make the spread of democracy the signature of his second term — first cropped up in his State of the Union address six weeks ago."
Desperate times are calling for desperate measures in Dubjaland. At first he was the ultimate isolationist, go-it-alone advocate walking on this earth. Anybody who disagreed was the enemy. Charging headlong into Iraq essentially on our own, despising all but a few that we had bought over onto our side.
Now he is advocating against isolationism at every opportunity. What happened? Did they finally work out that going it alone actually does not work and that you need strong partners both politically and financially to really get significant things done in this world.
Going into Iraq essentially on our own has cost thousands of lives all round and now created a civil war like we have not seen in along time. We do not see freedom or democracy at work, just death and destruction. Please do not tell me that freedom is expensive and must be fought for. We created this mess of death and failure because we did not want to head the advice of our then allies and friends. In our headlong rush to war we forgot that friends are their to help and advise and sometimes it pays to listen to them.
Now that we are in this mess we have few friends to turn to, we spurned them all and wining their trust and friendship back will take many long hard years.
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