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The committee collapsed after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It had been thoroughly discredited and most of the activists reversed positions. Interventionists for years attacked their opponents as "America Firsters".
The committee collapsed after Japan attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. It had been thoroughly discredited and most of the activists reversed positions. Interventionists for years attacked their opponents as "America Firsters".
In recent years [[Pat Buchanan]] has supported a new political party, the America First Party, that is organized in several states. Critics of Buchanan, who favors non-interventionism in foreign policy, have said that he has justified anti-semitism or Naziism in so doing. Some historians have rejected his interpretations of the 1940s and wondered about his treatment of Nazi foreign policy.<ref>See Alan J. Levine, "Buchanan's Flawed History of World War II," ''World and I,'' Vol. 15, August 2000 [http://www.questia.com/read/5002356598?title=Buchanan's%20Flawed%20History%20of%20World%20War%20Ii online edition]</ref>
In recent years [[Pat Buchanan]] has supported a new political party, the America First Party, that is organized in several states. [[Establishment]] and other critics of Buchanan, who favors a non-interventionist foreign policy, claim that his position somehow justifies "anti-Semitism" or "Naziism" in so doing. Some historians share this criticism of Buchanan's position,<ref>See Alan J. Levine, "Buchanan's Flawed History of World War II," ''World and I,'' Vol. 15, August 2000 [http://www.questia.com/read/5002356598?title=Buchanan's%20Flawed%20History%20of%20World%20War%20Ii online edition]</ref> though defenders note that the committee's goal was to [[Patriotism|put U.S. foreign policy interests first]] and that post-1945 leaders promoted policies that setback U.S. interests.<ref>Byas, Steve (July 26, 2019). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/foreign-policy/item/32961-jonah-goldberg-smears-patriotic-america-first-committee Jonah Goldberg Smears Patriotic America First Committee]. ''The New American''. Retrieved July 26, 2019.</ref>
[[File:Go-war1940.jpg|thumb|350px|Approximate positions on war of major players; America First would be at the very top]]
[[File:Go-war1940.jpg|thumb|350px|Approximate positions on war of major players; America First would be at the very top]]