Re: US Isolationism RE: US at war in 1940?1942? L3

[John D. Giorgis]

At 09:09 AM 6/15/01 +1000 Russell Chapman wrote:
> Mind you, they
>generally advocate a heavier US involvement in world affairs than JDG.

Now this I find hard to believe.

AFAIK, I am at the far extreme of US internationalists.   In particular, I
have advocated a Marshall Plan for Eastern Europe and Africa.  I think that
the US Foreign Aid budget is embarassingly low, as well as our lack of a
coherent Global Development Foreign Policy Strategy.   I have often
contemplated the firing up of the UN Trusteeship Council to deal with
failed African States.   I have lately begun to more fully appreciate the
signifigance of the "Clinton Doctrine", and think that NATO (and by
extension, the US Army) should re-invent itself to make more of a
rapid-reaction force, capable of performing emergency
peace-keeping/peace-making missions authorized by the UN Security Council
(and occasionally, a few that are not authorized, if needbe.)  

I mean, how much more internationist than that could Tom Clancy possibly be.

JDG
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