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The Obama Doctrine is finally coming into focus.
It's been hard to glean its form because for so long it seemed the president's most obvious guiding principle was "not Bush," particularly when it came to the Iraq war. Indeed, his anti-Bush stance has led him to stubbornly refuse to say the war has been won or to admit that he was wrong to oppose the surge. In the past, this unthinking reflex has caused Obama to take some truly repugnant positions. In July of 2007, Obama said that he would order U.S. forces out of Iraq as quickly as...
Spread Freedom? Not So Much
Democracy if not for the military stepping in would have brought the FIS to power in Algeria, a radical Islamic party. Hamas won in Gaza, democracy in Iran is a fight between one anti-American, anti-Israeli hardliner and another, democracy in Egypt, Saudi Arabia and much of the Arab would would bring in anti-American, Islamic partys that support Al Qaeda. A democratic China would be more hardline on Tibet and Taiwan than the CCP is, it would be more nationalistic and more anti-American.
Democracy in Sudan would not be likely to bring in a liberal, pro-American democracy, but an anti-American, pro-Islamic regime. Is any of this in the US...