The Bush Doctrine and the Palin Performance [Cliff May]
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But ask yourself: How would a real foreign policy sophisticate have replied to Gibson’s question?
Well, Anne-Marie Slaughter is the dean of the Woodrow Wilson School at Princeton. She was interviewed by Alan Johnson, for a book titled: “Global Politics After 9/11: The Democratiya Interviews.”
Here’s how the exchange begins:
Johnson: What are the central differences, and what are the elements of continuity, if any exist, between ‘the Bush doctrine’ and the ‘grand strategy of forging a world of liberty under law’?
Slaughter: Tell me what you mean by ‘The Bush Doctrine’.
In other words, Dean Slaughter gave the same answer as did Palin.
Palin gave the perfect response. The Bush Doctrine is not a well defined term and Gibson's understanding isn't even the current conventional wisdom of what it means.