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Entry: The Revolution and the Right Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_revolution_and_the_right#17364 Post contents: Grant Hayes wrote: One of Dr. Paul’s biggest errors….was to use the term “non-intervention” to describe traditional US foreign policy (from Washington to Wilson). This term was so vague that it was easy for McCain to tag Paul with the label “isolationist,” and then an appeaser. It is impossible to be literally non-interventionist (isolationist) in this interconnected world. Even Senator Taft was not a pure non-interventionist. While I suspect that Dr. Paul is no isolationist either (he believes in protecting US interests when necessary), his message was disturbingly unclear….I would have preferred terms like “anti-imperialist” or “anti-empire” as alternatives. They would have resonated more effectively than his chosen term, and perhaps would have appealed to many leftists and rightists alike out there.” I would disagree…”anti-imperialist” is a term that is laden with all sorts of baggage, and seems to be associated with Marxist theories. It seems irrelevant to the argument that the Bush/Republicans/neo-cons put forth which is “building democracy”. It would imply that the neo-con/Bush/Lieberman-Libertarian “globalization” argument actually benefits most the American economy--which it does not. While the war is obviously being fought to defend International Finance Capitalism (the system of global finance as represented by the FED/IMF/World Bank/Export-Import Bank), this system is undermining the economic security I’m not sure why you are so afraid of being called an “isolationist”…as the term is completely correct..the history of the US economy is one of protecting domestic markets from foreign competition and closing down immigration, which has been the main reason that America became an economic powerhouse, why wages in the US are so high, and why American industry and technology led the world. The founding fathers were completely correct in warning against “entangling Alliances” and getting embroiled in the mess that was European rivalries. It was technically “Isolationism”… Sent at: 2008 05 16