Upcoming presidential election, foreign policy and terrorism

I'm really mixed on this. Now, I am NOT mixed about American troops having no part in the fight with ISIS...but foreign policy in general?

Well, we've played isolationist twice our nation's history. It went very poorly, both times. The first time was waiting a few years into World War I before deeming it worthy of our effort ..and we came to really regret that in some ways too. Economically, I mean, not just what came next. Then we sat out World War II for the first several years of it, when we count the Pacific as part of it for timing.

Either time? Our isolation from the fight caused us to face the distant but real possibility of severe economic damage and/or military defeat. World War I would have hurt..real bad..if Europe ended differently. We needed broken nations to lend/lease and post-war loan to for the roaring 20's to come. It probably could have ended much sooner..had we not waited.

..and World War II is easy. If we'd not entered, or (cough) been forced to enter, then we'd have watched Europe and the Pacific rim fall to the respective Axis powers until they finally met somewhere between them, and turned the other way. I figure they'd have met somewhere in Kansas or perhaps the Continental Divide for where to split North America, had we faced a fight with no allies left.

So...Can we ignore foreign policy? Oh good God no. Weak American leadership and wimpy responses is HOW we've gotten to this mess in the first place. It needs to be support and enthusiastic for outcome, not ticket punching for P.R. points IMO. The difference is good foreign policy vs welcome mat for everyone to stomp all over, while they eye each other to stomp on next.

Support doesn't mean troops tho...enough with the American boys (and now girls) fighting and dying for someone else's home, in someone else's nation. Supply the right side, if necessary..but thats it to my thinking.