We were also isolationist over roughly that same time period.
If we practiced the same principles that the founders did, we wouldn't be in this situation and that includes endless wars.
Sorry but this couldn't be further from the truth. The Monroe Doctrine was the genesis of our country's perpective on war.
SINCE COLONIAL TIMES we have continued to insert ourselves in conflicts and countries "in the defense of democracy." Since colonial times.
Check it:
Monroe Doctrine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sorry to burst your bubble...but there are no "good old days" to get back to. Each age has had myriad problems. This is what kills me about people's simplistic revisionism.
It was to defend us from foreign invasions.Spain and France were trying to take over parts of this country.
That is why it is in our constitution,our government is suppose to provide for the common defense.