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How Obama’s National Security Strategy Is Like Bush’s
Loading ...Pop quiz: If Barack Obama and George W. Bush are like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—opposites in world-view and approach—then why do the following lines appear in President Obama’s just-released National Security Strategy and cover letter:
* “The United States must reserve the right to act unilaterally.”
* “We must maintain our military’s conventional superiority.”
* America “has succeeded by steering” other nations “in the direction of liberty and justice—so that nations thrive by meeting their responsibilities and face consequences when they don’t.”
Ummm, is this really different from the infamous 2002 National Security Strategy, which many critics saw as a precursor to “preventive war” in Iraq and other unilateralist actions and a grandiose embrace of the neocon agenda of democracy promotion by force?The Bush strategy did outline the idea of preemptive action. But that 2002 NSS also indicated that when it comes to striking other states, Washington will move deliberately and in consultation with allies: “The reasons for our actions will be clear, the force measured, and the cause just,” the document said.
Continue Reading at How Obama’s National Security Strategy Is Like Bush’s – Newsweek.
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