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The thing about the military situation of the U.S. right now is that it's ultimately unsustainable.
The two wars stretched their troops way too thin. They had to resort to stop-loss measures to keep the wars going and, naturally, the troops are exhausted.
There's also a massive problem with veterans issues (again, we have the same in Canada, so I'm really not casting aspersions in saying that).
So I don't know that I'm ready to call it isolationism yet. The last 13 years have been a painful reminder to the United States that the rest of the world will only follow them so far.
They have a lot to deal with, a lot of reassessing to do and a lot of reorganization.
Situations like what's going on in CAR right now could potentially be a test to just how isolationist they remain the future.
The next time someone asks for help, if the U.S. choose to stay away, then we can say it's isolationism.
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 Sunny
"The work goes on, the cause endures, the hope still lives, and the dream shall never die." avie by Jessie
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