Only, and only if we are attacked on our own soil? Not if our allies are attacked? Not if there are atrocities being committed outside our own borders? Without our involvement in World War II in Europe, it would undoubtedly have fallen to German control, and the genocide the Nazi leadership promoted would have been even more tragic. It should be noted that diplomacy was tried repeatedly and failed due to Nazi expansionism.

Governments must be held accountable for their actions, the United States included. This means that we should not commit war crimes or violate the Geneva convention- and the government and military should be held accountable for their actions. Isolationism is not a viable policy.

If we do not defend ourselves and our allies from injustice, and are not in turn held to standards of justice, we will soon find ourselves alone and in peril. Humanity as a whole has the responsibility to protect the rights of the downtrodden. Oppressors often use violence as a tool; violence is sometimes necessary to counter injustice. Yes, violence should be avoided if possible, but it is not always possible to avoid violent means to a just end. Your rights are as important as mine are, which are as important as a child who has been displaced in Darfur, as are the rights of starving North Koreans, victims of their governments.

"First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn’t speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." -Pastor Martin Niemöller

We must defend others and their rights as strongly as we would our own, on or off our soil, by the most peaceful means possible.

What if the people on your soil wont let you have freedom? A revolution can be very bloody. Would it be a nono for you to fight for your freedom, even if it meant bloodshed and sacrifice? If so, your book sucks.

What if they don't want to talk it through?

Where we not winners when we beat the British and declared our independence? Because let me tel you, that was no sit down and talk it through. There was blood, lots of blood.