At least we weren't so isolationist back then.

Actually, the US was isolationist. The US had protectionist tariffs before Smoot-Hawley, and a racist immigration policy. The US did not enter WWI until the Zimmerman telegram came to light. Then, after the war, the US acted like a loan-shark, demanding repayment, in full, with interest, from our erstwhile allies, or else they would be excluded from US capital markets.

Hemispheric intervention was a different matter. The "Roosevelt Corollary" was not withdrawn until FDR was in office. FDR withdrew troops from Latin America, and set the Philippines on a path to independence.

Of course, the cold war effectively reenacted the Roosevelt Corollary, on a global basis. The US would happily support any jumped up piece of poo, no matter how brutally repressive, if he paid lip service to being a "good anti-communist".

Steve....history R us.

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