Ron Paul's Fortress America: How would it work?

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Ron Paul all other things set aside is actually spouting the historical position of the United States. Friends with all, wary of any, strong on defense and offensive power (yeah right), no imperial tendencies. For the first 150 years with a few counter examples (e.g. Spanish American War) the United States kept most of it's imperialistic tendencies on the North American Continent. What he is suggesting is very Jeffersonian, and pretty close to the position (if more extreme) to what G.W. Bush ran as a campaign for the 2000 election.

But in this day and age, with the presence of hegemonic and aggressive existential threats like Islamism, his idea of withdrawing and allowing the rest of the world to deal with this menace is like suicide on the installment plan.