(October 12, 2016 at 11:40 am)wallym Wrote: The drawback of US isolationism, is that Russia and China don't put a lot of effort into keeping their areas stable. North Korea, for example, is under china's umbrella, and they don't seem to care much about the Kim Jung and his doings.
Well, the fact is we don't really have the power to effect many of the changes we'd like to see; or effecting those changes would cost more in lives, money and prestige than we're willing to expend. I think the latter is the case regarding Syria.
