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PEOPLE ARE OFTEN LED TO BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE ONLY TWO ALTERNATIVES: TAKING SIDES AND AN ACTIVE PART IN OTHER PEOPLE'S CONFLICTS BY PROJECTING MILITARY POWER AROUND THE WORLD, OR RETREATING INTO ISOLATIONISM, IGNORING WHAT IS HAPPENING AROUND THE WORLD, AT THEIR OWN PERIL. U.S. ISOLATIONISM, AFTER THE SENATE REFUSED TO JOIN THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS, HAS BEEN BLAMED FOR HITLER'S RISE TO POWER. THEREFORE, MILITARY INTERVENTIONS ARE PORTRAYED AS NECESSARY FROM TIME TO TIME. THIS IS A FALSE CHOICE. THERE IS A FAR BETTER THIRD ALTERNATIVE: PLAYING AN ACTIVE, BUT PURELY PEACEFUL ROLE AROUND THE WORLD, HELPING PEOPLE IN NEED, AT THEIR OWN REQUEST. IN THE FACE OF GREAT INJUSTICE, THE CRUELEST THING TO DO MAY BE TO DO NOTHING.