RE:RE:Hard vs Imaginary WealthWarthog, Page 6, a quote from John Quincy Adams on 'isolationism' as U.S. govt ideal, immy followed by this....
"Neocon policy is directly contrary to the founding principles of the United States". The implication is that Adams was a founding father is incorrect, he was 9 yrs old in 1776. The more major implication is that the founding fathers of the U.S. were isolationists. That's simply not true. They did indeed seek to 'isolate' themselves from European entanglements and alliances.....which didn't stop them from an alliance with France signed in 1778. Certainly the U.S. from the getgo considered this hemisphere its own, and, please note Monroe Doctrine, plus much else, considered themselves free to interfere in any national enterprise on their side of the Atlantic....so, not isolationist at all, just avoiding European entanglements, except when they needed them.
What I'm saying is this great essay is certainly slanted, at the least......and that is just one of numerous examples. Great read, but needs a critical eye to determine fact from highly disputed fact, or worse.