In the true isolationist spirit of the times he lived in. He was one of the greatest humorists of all times. The national feeling after ww1 was stay out of it we don't want any more war. That proved to be ignorant since ww2 may have been avoided or at least less severe if we had been engaged from the beginning as well as prepared for it. That type of thinking is even more ignorant today when ignoring the intentions of the enemy could very well cost us an entire city or worse.