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Poll: Americans Increasingly Isolationist

By David KnowlesDec 2nd 2009 – 1:23PM

(Dec. 2) - As President Barack Obama announces plans to send 30,000 more troops to Afghanistan, isolationist sentiment in America has reached record levels, a new survey suggests. The poll, which was released Thursday, was conducted by the Pew Research Center. It asked Americans a series of questions regarding the...

Background on isolationist

Isolationism is the policy or doctrine of isolating one's country from the affairs of other nations by declining to enter into alliances, foreign economic commitments, foreign trade, international agreements, etc., seeking to devote the entire efforts of one's country to its own advancement and remain at peace by avoiding foreign entanglements and responsibilities.

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