# Fortress America Isolationism.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-america-isolationism/729809>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 3, 2015, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-america-isolationism/729809 "2015-09-03T13:20:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2015, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-america-isolationism/729809/41 "2015-09-08T19:22:10Z")

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> [@UberArchetype](#):
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> Compartmentalizing one war or another in the context of an ongoing, decades-long Islamic politico-terrorist splinter-group resurgence seems rather disingenuous.

What’s disingenuous about it? We’ve been at war for almost a decade and a half now and it doesn’t seem to have made us any safer. Maybe it’s time we regrouped and got out of the war business for awhile.

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**Author:** ![UberArchetype](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/2bfe46/32.png) [@UberArchetype](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UberArchetype)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2015, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fortress-america-isolationism/729809/42 "2015-09-09T16:50:01Z")

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> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> What’s disingenuous about it? We’ve been at war for almost a decade and a half now and it doesn’t seem to have made us any safer. Maybe it’s time we regrouped and got out of the war business for awhile.

Once you recognize how the “war business” relates to alot of other business, not to mention national security, among other things, you’ll appreciate the value of it.

Unpleasant, expensive and controversial as it is…

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