Isolationism vs. interventionism is a fatigued and timeworn debate that is as old as the American Republic. Isolationism worked well for the first American century, plus 41. That all changed a hundred years ago on April 4th, when the former Princeton academic turned President, Woodrow Wilson, propelled an America that preferred to stay out of the European trenches – into the carnage of The Great War. This Great War was soon introduced to the annals history as World War I and from its onset was never our fight.
Wilson’s idealism led him to believe that America must take the lead and make the world “safe for democracy.” Ever since, that unrivalled and hackneyed phrase has reverberated throughout the ensuing decades.
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In his first 100-days, Trump has now underscored three times with a clarion call that there’s a new sheriff in town.
It will take more than a missile strike to clean up what Obama left throughout Syria and beyond in the Greater Middle East. The real challenges begin with the follow up that needs to be a combined effort replete with a political, diplomatic and military strategy to rebalance the situation where American interests are first and foremost.
The message is clear that lethal force can and will be used to counter aggression. When bad guys understand that you will hit back hard with intent, they are then much more likely to leave you alone especially when you have the world’s most accomplished military at your disposal.
Leadership is putting capable and trusted people where they work best and then providing them the autonomy to do their jobs. Trump will fill the leadership vacuum in the Middle East and beyond that has been so lacking over the past eight years.
The U.S. military is simply unmatched. People like Secretary of Defense James Mattis comprehend that long deployments, especially for those on the ground who must endure arcane rules of engagement while negotiating a labyrinth of political constructs, only serve to frustrate and detract from combat
Wilson’s idealism led him to believe that America must take the lead and make the world “safe for democracy.” Ever since, that unrivalled and hackneyed phrase has reverberated throughout the ensuing decades.
History teaches that …show more content…
In his first 100-days, Trump has now underscored three times with a clarion call that there’s a new sheriff in town.
It will take more than a missile strike to clean up what Obama left throughout Syria and beyond in the Greater Middle East. The real challenges begin with the follow up that needs to be a combined effort replete with a political, diplomatic and military strategy to rebalance the situation where American interests are first and foremost.
The message is clear that lethal force can and will be used to counter aggression. When bad guys understand that you will hit back hard with intent, they are then much more likely to leave you alone especially when you have the world’s most accomplished military at your disposal.
Leadership is putting capable and trusted people where they work best and then providing them the autonomy to do their jobs. Trump will fill the leadership vacuum in the Middle East and beyond that has been so lacking over the past eight years.
The U.S. military is simply unmatched. People like Secretary of Defense James Mattis comprehend that long deployments, especially for those on the ground who must endure arcane rules of engagement while negotiating a labyrinth of political constructs, only serve to frustrate and detract from combat