Syrup or jam?
Those waffles of yours deserve something more than butter. (I presume you wouldn't want vanilla ice cream - then they'd be Belgian). I refer you to this.
Frankly, I'm getting to the point where I'm beginning to think that radical isolationism may be the way to go for America and its allies. May post on this further.
Looks to me like you just have:
... if we just stick our heads far enough up our own asses, that no bad guys will be able to see us, appeals to some people.
Like you, for instance, a mere nine or ten hours ago?
You forget, of course, that radical isolationism precludes allies. But post-Modern America doesn't need allies, does it? If the neighbor kids don't like how we keep making up new rules to suit how we want to play, we'll just take our balls and go home.
Nyah nyah, so there :-P