ExpressLane
Verified User
True. We had Russia controlling a lot of Europe once and it wasn't good. That is exactly why Poland is such a big supporter of helping Ukraine.I understand the sentiment behind let other people deal with global problems and we should spend our money here at home, except as you pointed out with the Germany example (and others), global problems will eventually find us. We can't hide from them. Additionally, our economic strength comes from our global power. People think we have problems now, watch what happens to our economy if we abdicate global positions.
There's always nuance of course but isolationism is naïve.