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"Since World War II America has been the scourge of peace because we think we have an obligation to police the world and meddle in affairs that pose no threat to us. Usually our interference worsens the situations," writes columnist Ross Nelson.

Paul Rahe, a scholar of ancient military history, finds contemporary parallels. But where’s our Gylippus?

Western civilization needs American leadership. Some on the right want to abdicate that role.

Explaining his support for U.S. aid to Israel but not Ukraine, Sen. J.D. Vance, the shape-shifting Ohio Republican, wrote: “Israel has an achievable objective. Ukraine does not.” Actually, their objectives

Former Vice President Mike Pence warned against growing favor in the Republican Party for American isolationism, criticizing former President Trump and other GOP presidential candidates in a speech Monday. Pence labeled Trump and other Republicans as advocating a “dangerous form of isolationism” that amounted to “appeasement.” “Some Republican candidates, my former running mate included, are abandoning the traditional…

While a few Republican politicians have aligned with former President Donald Trump’s isolationist foreign policy position, most candidates continue to push for the traditional stance of engagement.

You heard the applause? >> i wouldnt say thats a random sample of the republican party. i think a lot of it is due to donald trump. i think he has unleashed the virus of isolationism within the republican party again, but i dont think it means that support for military aid to ukraine is not drying up. even in the vote in the house on amendments to the defense authorization bill last week, to cut off aid to ukraine, its true that 70 republicans voted in favor of cutting off the aid, but also mean...

>> so whats behind this growing sentiment on the right. you heard the applause? >> i wouldnt say thats a random sample of the republican party. i think a lot of it is due to donald trump. i think he has unleashed the virus of isolationism within the republican party again, but i dont think it means that support for military aid to ukraine is not drying up. even in the vote in the house on amendments to the defense authorization bill last week, to cut off aid to ukraine, its true that 70 republic...

Reporter, can we count on the united states to stick around? the u.s. position would be quite different toward the war in ukraine and toward vladimir putin if donald trump moved back into the white house. of course, the idea that the american president, whoever he or she is, could tell zelenskyy to make a teal and that he would do so is pretty laughable, given that zelenskyy has shown himself to be a pretty valiant leader of ukraine and someone who is willing to stand up to the united states whe...

Up, and if nato falls next year, or thereafter, huge elements of the republican party do not want to be part of nato or the defense of ukraine. we could be living in that chaotic, dangerous world. >> one of the things ive been thinking about a lot, as we prepare for this summit, is the fact that this was a big part of the reason that he ran. this was his argument to voters, theres a crisis abroad, a crisis at home. you need someone who is ready to take control. and yet i wonder, in the wake of d...