Millions of Americans and some in Congress think the United States should become an island and let the rest of the world go to where-ever. The Japanese Prime Minister just gave Congress a lesson on why we must stand up to aggression and lead the Allies against North Korea, China and Russia. We know a few other countries “rattle their cages” which require us to “bang the bars” occasionally.

            The questions those people who want us to be an island are unable to see what history has taught us. Remember, World War II and how Germany and Japan had plans to occupy the United States. We would not have defeated Germany without Britain and Russia. Without having to fight Germany we could have beaten or flattened Japan within three years without the bomb. To do so we would have needed Australia and some other land for bases only. We need Allies in one way or another to keep our enemies at bay. After 9-11, we used the NATO committee and Russia to invade Afghanistan.

            Why do we care if our former Allies are forced to comply with the New World Leaders who are still our enemies? We need those former Allies to sell us their resources and manufactured items we need for our economic well-being. Cutting off scrap metal and oil from Japan may have caused their military to invade other countries and attack the U.S. Their military worked to make a huge ocean and land an economic zone. China is using billions of dollars to try to create one in the same places.

            History shows it is disastrous to be an island and once an island; it is difficult to break back out.