Obama may follow Bush's foreign policy - Stephen Kinzer - Politico.com: "Many Americans, and many more people around the world, have been outraged by what they see as President George W. Bush’s radical reordering of American foreign policy. They bitterly accuse him of having ripped the country away from its global traditions — negotiation, flexibility, cooperation — and of having established a radical new set of rules under which the United States arrogates to itself the right to intervene unilaterally anywhere in the world.
This widely held view, however, is inaccurate. The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history. Bush did so more brazenly and more recklessly than many of his predecessors, but he adhered to American tradition more than he broke with it."
This widely held view, however, is inaccurate. The U.S. has intervened more often in more countries farther from its own shores than has any power in modern history. Bush did so more brazenly and more recklessly than many of his predecessors, but he adhered to American tradition more than he broke with it."
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