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The Isolationists Are Coming!

Regarding McCain’s focus on the “real threat” of “isolationists,” I wanted to add a few more observations.  First, as many loyal Paul supporters will tell you, Rep. Paul eschews the label “isolationist” and has made reasonably persuasive arguments that defenders of militarism and economic sanctions policies represent real isolationism in practice.  Second, John McCain has […]

Regarding McCain’s focus on the “real threat” of “isolationists,” I wanted to add a few more observations.  First, as many loyal Paul supporters will tell you, Rep. Paul eschews the label “isolationist” and has made reasonably persuasive arguments that defenders of militarism and economic sanctions policies represent real isolationism in practice.  Second, John McCain has no idea what he’s talking about when he speaks about “isolationism.”  In this he bears a strong resemblance to Michael Gerson.  Personally, I find the label “isolationist” annoying, because of its origins as an internationalist slur.  I prefer non-interventionist if we have to give it a technical label.  According to the foreign policy paradigms that split U.S. foreign policy thought into four traditions, we are the Jeffersonians, and that seems to me to be a much more agreeable label.

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