Originally posted by GScholz
Then you believe wrongly. Al Queada did not attack you for your involvement in Lebanon. Your Israel support is a given, but not enough. Bin Laden himself has stated that the reason for the Jihad is your presence in Saudi-Arabia, and that it's a threat to Islam. Al Queada is attacking you because you interfere in Middle-Eastern matters.
The UN is now being attacked in Iraq because of your involvement. The UN would never (and did not) approve of this invasion, but your power in the world and the UN has forced the issue. An act of monumental stupidity in a world that needs the UN more than ever, and where the UN could have fulfilled it's potential to promote peace. No longer ... thanks to the US of A.
Thank you America.
If I'm not mistaken, we were in Saudi Arabia because of the invasion of Kuwait in '91. So, if I understand correctly, you're saying:
a) that al Queda attacked the US because it assisted a Muslim nation against the attack of another Muslim nation and because that assistance was provided by the permission of another Muslim nation? If so, then the real target for al Queda would be Saudi Arabia (for allowing us infidels upon their blessed sands) and Kuwait (for asking us infidels to liberate their country).
b) that had the US never assisted Kuwait, then the US would never have been attacked by al Queda? The sailors of the USS Cole, who died in the harbor at Yemen in October, 2000, a full year before our fighters landed in Saudi Arabia for Desert Shield, would disagree.
c) that the UN is perfectly capable of brokering peace amongst nations without providing "peacekeepers" to assist member nations? Yes, I see that Somalia is totally peaceful now, its people well fed and happy, since the UN peacekeepers pulled out under a hail of gunfire.

If I'm not mistaken, the UN was created by the US, and the US is the main contributor of resources to the UN. If the US were to adopt a policy of isolationism, then there would be no UN. Isolationism requires that the US not be involved in the affairs of other nations. Isolationsim and the UN cannot co-exist.