[Demidog]

We do not have the responsibility to protect other countries from attack. It is folly to suppose that we could have destroyed Hitler's army in Europe but couldn't have defended our own borders.

[hscott]

I didn't say that we had a responsibility exactly. What I meant was that, to uphold our values and to uphold the values of civilized people the world over, we acted appropriately to fight Hitler? (BTW are you a Buchanan fan? He argues like this too)

In Europe we had allies - actually the USSR carried the heaviest weight. If Hitler had conquered all these allies, we'd have had to face him alone.

[Poohbah]

It is folly to suppose that we could have destroyed Hitler's army in Europe but couldn't have defended our own borders.

With enough libertarian-supported inaction, we would have been faced with two very unappetizing choices: accede to the demands of a Soviet superstate that controlled Europe, Asia, and Africa, with the eventual destruction of the United States as a free and sovereign republic; or we would eventually reject the libertarian argument and become a full-fledged garrison state, with the eventual destruction of the United States as a free republic.