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Prior to the sinking of the Lusitania, there was no guarantee that the fairly isolationist U.S. had any interest in getting entangled into Europe’s wars.
by Apocryphon 4y ago
Prior to the sinking of the Lusitania, there was no guarantee that the fairly isolationist U.S. had any interest in getting entangled into Europe’s wars.
- simne 4y agoYou know, Ukraine conducted policy of self isolation, before war. Now running to EU and NATO, because isolation costs too much, concessions don't give security. And for US, entanglement in world policy is matter of existence, because of how Union born. If federal govt will not protect allies, federation will fall, because states will get out and do all themselves. Imagine, Scottish, or Irish, or Italian people, ignoring what happen in their motherland - this is impossible. and if feds will entangle in ANY european activity, they will in short time have to deal with all most powerful currents. South America different, because nearly all countries have mostly native people, or totally cosmopolitan, so for them european currents are just performance, nothing more.
- Apocryphon 4y agoThe difference is that the U.S. is separated from Europe by an ocean, has no countries with revanchist claims upon it, has a New World vs. Old World distinction, etc…
- simne 4y agoPartially agree. But if you look into principles of federation, things are much more complicated.