The next great Congressional debate on the international position of the U.S. will come this fall. Once the question for debate was: Should the U.S. cooperate with the other United Nations? Now all that is over the dam. The people have said yes (the most recent Gallup poll showed 74% for an international police force). The Republican Party generally has cleared its skirts of isolationism; with this refuge gone, only a few really bigoted isolationists remain.
The debate has moved to a new phase: How should the U.S. cooperate? And how specifically should Congress...