[Jeffmet3]

Just so you know, no one who will makes any real decisions in washington believes that the US shouldn't ever intervene in other countries when necessary.

Isolationism to "take care of problems in the US" is a myth that far out members of the left can preach all they want, but it's not going to happen.

Basically, the foreign policy in America will shift between what it was under Clinton and what it is under Bush.

In simplistic form, they are to see a problem and then react or to anticipate a problem and act.

Tony Blair and Bill Clinton worked on the first strategy throughout the 90's, and then the Bush administration has worked with the second.

They both have flaws, with the Clinton one not doing enough, and the Bush one too much, and we'll have to see how the next administration walks the line in between.

But the reality is that in almost all cases, the actions taken would be similar under either party.