I'M NOT AN ISOLATIONIST...

but when I read something like this coming on top of more failure in Afghanistan, isolationism starts to look more palatable.

Anti-Americanism rises in Pakistan over U.S. motives
By Saeed Shah | McClatchy Newspapers
Posted on Monday, September 7, 2009

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For weeks now, the Pakistani media have portrayed America, its military and defense contractors in the darkest of lights, all part of an apparent campaign of anti-American vilification that is sweeping the country and, according to some, is putting American lives at risk.

A survey last month for international broadcaster al Jazeera by Gallup Pakistan found that 59 percent of Pakistanis felt the greatest threat to the country was the United States. A separate survey in August by the Pew Research Center, an independent pollster based in Washington, recorded that 64 percent of the Pakistani public regards the U.S. "as an enemy" and only 9 percent believe it to be a partner.