Isolationism and a non-intervention philosophy are different things. The US has not really ever been an isolationist country. ID is dead on in his/her assessment of Al-Qaeda. Someone has done their research well... There were devastating consequences because of our interventional foreign policy. There would be some without, but we would have a lot more money in the bank as a society, and wouldn't have to borrow from China. Does anyone realize how the rest of the world feels about us right now?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...nterventionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isolationism
On Al-Qaeda
http://www.meforum.org/article/999