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To: Ichy Smith who wrote (200082)	8/29/2006 3:14:26 PM
From: michael97123	Respond to of 281500

Roosevelt had no choice. Isolationism had been American FP forever with the exception of Wilson. Post WW2, isolationism was discredited as we moved toward the new interdependent world we now live in. Many of us worry about US losing its ability to go it alone in this world as we become dependent on arab oil, chinese goods, mexican laborers etc. But worrying about issues like this is quite different than wanting to go back to the good old days which as Billy Joel once said were not as good as they seemed. FDR was not an isolationist--it just took him a couple of extra years to convince citizens of this.