tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post2755382284179881484..comments2024-03-28T07:23:41.917-04:00Comments on RIGHT SPEAK: Donald Trump says 'America First' like isolationists before World War IIBOSMANhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13613253160155525089noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3571954475140446599.post-75968390991302326382016-04-13T17:02:52.320-04:002016-04-13T17:02:52.320-04:00Sure, you want to stay out of war unless you absol...Sure, you want to stay out of war unless you absolutely have to fight - that is an America First and a very old conservative concept, which dates back to George Washington's "entangling alliances" warning and John Adams refusal to go to war with France. The US had the right policy, because Republicans did not want the US to fight wars for our European allies, due to the folly of WW1 American intervention.<br /><br />In the 1930s, a major turning point in Nazi expansion happened when Hitler ordered the Wehrmacht into the Rhineland, in contravention of treaty. France could have easily repelled the weak German Army; Hitler would have been humiliated and forced out of office. Hitler admitted several years later it was a very risky gamble and relied on weak leadership in France and England. That doesn't reflect on the America First movement at all - it's not our responsibility to fight everyone's battles.<br /><br />The Bush Doctrine, which repudiates the ideas of America First, lasted all of one year, because the definition of it - America will fight pre-emptive wars based on intel, was flawed in its conception. A president can too easily lie about intel and drag the country into war.cimbrinoreply@blogger.com