He kept us out of war. How’d that go? Peace at any price, worked for the brits. I am not into nation building but a 2002 George bush or a FAFO trump keeps things quiet. Be isolated all you want but there is going to be a big dog loose in the world and we can be it or be owned by it.
Maybe it depends on what you mean by isolated. I just question the need to station troops all over the world and have active special operations soldiers everywhere.
Both W. Bush and Trump were not the type to take attacks/threats lightly and most of our enemies knew it. IMO, Clinton enabled 9/11 by failing to respond meaningfully to the previous WTC attack (and embassy bombings and Black Hawk Down, and USS Cole, etc.). That hits the "Weakness" part of the equation. I am not saying we should never go to war or not be willing to fight. I think it just pays to be careful how we use our military so we don't get bogged down in 20 year wars/occupations that don't end up helping us a great deal. I think W. Bush failed on that one.
Just how many terror attacks happened against the US and US troops during the Clinton years? I am sure I am forgetting some.