Harry's Place on Bush foreign policy
I thought this was worth quoting in full (by David Brown; no link as a comment to this post):"The cold war paradigm is broken forever and the Bush conservatives in the US have figured this out already. That doesn't mean they're about to rip every alliance they have with a country that isn't governed like Belgium, but they have at least recognised the futility (not to mention danger) of administering foreign policy by proxy, acting as puppet master to a network of corrupt, oppressive and downright totalitarian client states. If September 11th taught them anything, it was that this policy will some day rebound and bite you hard.
It's still all about US national interests, so Bush-haters are not being asked to concede the altruism of Washington neo-Cons. What's unprecedented is the realisation (by some, at least) that long-term US national interests and security can only be served by spreading liberal values to regions with historical, democratic deficits. The implementation methodology includes, but is not exhausted by, military action to depose tyrants who govern failed states and pose a threat to world peace."
posted by Matthew @ 8/31/2004 08:24:00 PM
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