(2017-04-10) Robb Case For Neo Isolationism

John Robb: The Case for Neo-Isolationism (NonInterventionism)

The bombing of the Assad regime in Syria announced to the world the US was still in the business of micromanaging global political outcomes through the selective use of violence (a profoundly anti-conservative notion).

The premise of neo-isolationism is that America's best role in the world isn't as a superpower. Our best role is as an example. A continuous demonstration to the world of what is possible.

The US spent ~ $2 trillion ($6 trillion including interest) for an optional and unnecessary war in Iraq. $2 trillion is enough to:

• build a permanent colony on Mars or
• rebuild the entire US air and rail system from scratch or
• provide catastrophic health insurance for every American citizen for four years... paving the way for real healthcare reform