Should We Leave Europe to Europe?

Leave Europe to Europe, at least to some degree. This is not a belief I am solid on, but one influenced by a teaching I found from one of the past leaders of the church to which I belong.

"The greatest and most powerful fortification in America is the 'Monroe Doctrine.' . . . It was the inspiration of the Almighty which rested upon John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson and the other statesmen, and which finally found authoritative expression in the message of James Monroe to Congress in the year 1823," said President Joseph Fielding Smith of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. (I found the quote on the Internet, and it cited the source as from the book The Progress of Man, by Deseret Book, pp. 466-467.)

The Monroe Doctrine called on Europe to not interfere in the colonization and affairs of America. In return, it pledged America to steer clear of interfering in European matters.

President Ezra Taft Benson in 1962 reaffirmed that the Monroe Doctrine was inspired, with the indication that the Doctrine still should be followed, rather than let go of as being a policy that while inspired, was inspired for another time.