Wise after all: the "wise men" fell out of liberal favor a generation ago. But with John Kerry and the Democrats searching for a meta foreign-policy message, maybe it's time they fell back in.
American Prospect, The, June, 2004 by Chace, James
IN THE WEEKS PRECEDING THE U.S. ATTACK ON IRAQ TO remove Saddam Hussein from power, George W. Bush asserted that "a new regime in Iraq would serve as a dramatic and inspiring example of freedom for other nations in the world." What Bush preached was a kind of muscular dominance permitting the United States to impose its values, which Bush sees as universal, over other nations. In the post-Cold War era, characterized by new threats of terror ism and guerrilla warfare, America would once again be on a crusade to make the world safe for democracy.
This is a stunning ...
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