Rand is an isolationist, always has been. And Josh "runs for his life" Hawley will say anything to get media attention.
Perhaps. However, there are indications that there may be limits on Western aid to Ukraine.
I think the danger is still there. I could see a Korean war scenario happen where as soon as it looks like the north is beat, China gets involved. Keeping pressure on putin will keep China minding their own business.
Maybe, although I've seen speculation about what the Russians or Chinese "might do" or "could do" most of my life. I remember the Domino Theory, fears about Cuba, Central America, Southeast Asia, etc., etc. Most of it turned out to be utter BS, so why should anyone believe it now?
Many of these isolationist voices have a poor vision of how connected the world economy is. Imagine if China gets involved and we cut off trade with China. That would be a disaster for the US economy.
It depends on how one defines the current vision of the world. I don't think the predominant portrayals of the world system as some kind of comic book opera with superheroes and supervillains give us any degree of accuracy. Isolationism implies a fear of the world, although I would identify the same fear among the interventionists.
I can understand what you're saying about the world economy and what could be disastrous for ours. But if we're talking about practical economic concerns and actual U.S. interests, then it seems pertinent to address concerns related to that. Part of that means looking at the world in a more practical and realistic way. That's something that appears conspicuously missing in the overall discussion on this subject (and most subjects, for that matter).
If we're going to do business with the world, then okay. But if we choose to let it become personal, then that may be unwise and could cloud our judgment. Being more detached and objective about it may be better for our national and economic interests.
I don't see this, Democrats are pretty solid on support for Ukraine. It's the republians who have a split in support with the Freedom Caucus wanting to cut support. McCarthy is caught in the middle, which was his miscalculation from the start.
Well, it's been a year and a half since this thing started, and who knows where things will stand next summer? The polls in that article indicated that more than 1/3 of Democrats and more than 2/3 of Republicans do not favor further aid to Ukraine. I wouldn't take it for granted that Democrats have pretty solid support for Ukraine. They, too, are facing significant issues in their home districts, so they may be forced to shift their priorities at some point for reasons of political expediency.
In fact, a lot of countries around the world seem to favor some sort of cease fire or end to the hostilities. The practical move right now is to make a deal, but it's all this zeal and bravado that "we must never yield" and "we must fight to last man," along with a virtual blank check of U.S. support that keeps this thing going. It's easy to say "stand or die" by those who have no intention of actually doing it themselves.