During The State of the Union George Bush declared:
“In a complex and challenging time, the road of isolationism and protectionism may seem broad and inviting, yet it ends in danger and decline,” he said. “The only way to protect our people, the only way to secure the peace, the only way to control our destiny is by our leadership, so the United States of America will continue to lead.”
Read here, that the U.S. will continue to Empire Build the American way. And that minding your own business is now called ‘Isolationism’.
More here
I agree that the President clearly plans on continuing using the DOD instead the State Department to carry out his foreign policy, but his use of isolationsim four times did give me pause.
He ran in 2000 by saying that the US in not the world’s policeman and that we should avoid state building exercies. At that time, he thought it was an improper use of the military and at that time, he was aligned with the majority of the Republican party.
He is now calling to position a “false promise” and seems to have moved away from his first base. Pat Buchanan is up in arms about his Middle East policy as are many other Republicans.
The odd thing now is that the President is much closer to a hawkish Democratic position than a Republican one. He and the Democrates clearly disagree on tactics but not on the goal.
This is news that deserves discussion but, of course, the networks road the old stand by home last night.
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Jim