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Originally Posted by DonQuigleone
I don't think the Obama foreign policy is a continuation of the Bush Foreign Policy. It's not totally different, but Obama is more "subtle". For instance Obama would never say "You're either with us or against us", and Obama still hasn't mounted a full on invasion and occupation of a country to achieve his policy goals. he is not averse to armed interventions, but armed interventions are a lot more reasonable then full on invasions/occupations "Bush Style". As an example, the Libyan intervention, despite it's fault, was a far more successful exercise then Iraq or Afghanistan, even though Libya is not much smaller then either, in that the same goals were achieved in Libya as in Iraq (installing a "democratic" government), with much lower costs in $ and American soldiers.
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I don't think such comparison are fair, today's US and world situation is quite different from 10 years ago. It is not at all obvious that the policy change results from the different in the characters of the leader or the difference of the situation. Yes, Bush Jr. is dumb to say what he said, but it also reflects that unchallengeable position (or so perceived) that US enjoyed at that time. In other words, it should never been said on the international stage, but the gist of it existed in many Americans at that time post Sep 11.