https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2011/06/21/why-conservatives-and-republicans-must-resist-the-isolationist-temptation/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 06:05:04 -0400<![CDATA[Judging from the responses to my blog post yesterday on foreign policy issues, 90 percent of those who have commented are furious; these respondents favor a complete non-interventionist foreign policy, a retreat to what in the 1930s was called the “Fortress America” position. The arguments are essentially that we cannot be the world’s policeman, that our country is in a major deficit crisis and we can no longer afford an interventionist foreign policy, and that it is wrong-headed and unnecessary. I suspect that if most of these commentators were voting back in 1972, they would have pulled the lever for George McGovern, whose slogan was “Come home, America” and who used similar arguments against standing up to the Soviet Union.]]>Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:58:54 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2011/06/21/why-conservatives-and-republicans-must-resist-the-isolationist-temptation-n183813