The Bush Doctrine (Look now and see what you think)

Weekly Standard /Vol 6, Number 36 | June 4, 2001 | Charles Krauthammer

[Draco]

This article should be sent to everyone who says "Republicrats" and claims that there is "not a dime's worth of difference between Republicans and Democrats." There is much more than a dime's worth. This article is right on the money.

[George W. Bush]

One of Krauthammer's better pieces. Normally, I don't care much for him. But in this piece, he has marked out the distinct course pursued by the Bush administration, almost unnoticed by the American press or citizenry.

Krauthammer is right. The shape of the Bush Doctrine is emerging noticably. The events of 9/11 will be incorporated into this general plan.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Now see how much sense this makes.

What the Afghans need is colonizing

[deport]

… Nonetheless, although they disagree on the stringency of criteria for unleashing American power, both schools share the premise that overwhelming American power is good not just for the United States but for the world. The Bush administration is the first administration of the post-Cold War era to share that premise and act accordingly. ….

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FYI

[mercy]

**** It is inevitable that within a generation the United States will have an Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, and Space Force. Space is already used militarily for spying, sensing, and targeting. It could be uniquely useful, among other things, for finding and destroying rogue-state missile forces. ****

Given that we had the technology to do this 25 years ago ... I suspect we already HAVE militarized space. Of course we'll never know. Any program will remain 'beyond top secret' forever. The scary part is the USSR had the tech as well. You don't suppose Clint was trying to warn us do you?

[r9etb]

Excellent post. What's interesting, though, is that Krauthammer didn't actually come right out and state the inevitable conclusion here: in order for the unipolar U.S. to exist, we've got to undertake some manner of "imperialist" expansion. Not necessarily in the traditional sense -- I think the global Americanization of culture is a more likely route. We see it everywhere already -- why else would the French Academy have a special session devoted to rooting out English words from the official French vocabulary?

And that's probably most of the reason the Osamas of the world hate us -- because they know there's no way they can compete against us on a long-term or wide-scale basis. They'll die off, and our culture will still be there pushing its way under the tent. Their only reponse is to try to play the wasp to our elephant. (The idea of infiltrating of culture suggests a pretty good long-term strategy in the Middle East. The first step there is to free the women.)

That is also what the WTO protestors undoubedly recognize, and why they so rapidly transformed themselves into "anti-war" protestors. They realize that the only way we'll lose, is if we give up on our own.

Krauthammer correctly points out that this is precisely what Clinton was doing at every opportunity.

We can only hope that some serious-minded folks in this administration can step back and formulate a coherent policy to get us back on track.

[RnMomof7]

One of Krauthammer's better pieces. Normally, I don't care much for him. But in this piece, he has marked out the distinct course pursued by the Bush administration, almost unnoticed by the American press or citizenry.

Actually he is one on my favorites..good read..not sure I see it all the same way,time will prove it true or not 9/11 will have a long reaching effect that we can not even imagine now..

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

Thanks for the ping. Nice article. It's a good reminder of why I feel so much safer with Bush for the next EIGHT years, in spite of the present and ongoing fear of terrorism.

[Dog Gone]

Excellent article. It clearly sets out the differences between this Bush Administration and the previous administration.

We are a good country and we are a great power. We must exercise that power unilaterally if necessary.

537 votes in Florida made all the difference, which makes this even more important. We put grownups in charge of the world.

[CWOJackson]

"This article should be sent to everyone who says "Republicrats" and claims that there is "not a dime's worth of difference between Republicans and Democrats."

Bingo!

[Cincinatus' Wife]

That is also what the WTO protestors undoubedly recognize, and why they so rapidly transformed themselves into "anti-war" protestors. They realize that the only way we'll lose, is if we give up on our own.

And that is exactly the garden path the Progressives were leading us down. But now the tables have been turned. They know it and I hope we know it too.

Excerpted from Hillary Clinton and the Radical Left:Hillary Clinton and the Third Way--[Excerpt] And that is why they hate conservatives. They hate you because you are killers of their dream. Because you are defenders of a Constitution that thwarts their cause. They hate you because your "reactionary" commitment to individual rights, to a single standard and to a neutral and limited state obstructs their progressive designs. They hate you because you are believers in property and its rights as the cornerstones of prosperity and human freedom; because you do not see the market economy as a mere instrument for acquiring personal wealth and political war chests, to be overcome in the end by bureaucratic schemes.

Conservatives who think progressives are misinformed idealists will forever be blind-sided by the malice of the left-by the cynicism of those who pride themselves on principle, by the viciousness of those who champion sensitivity, by the intolerance of those who call themselves liberal, and by the ruthless disregard for the well-being of the downtrodden by those who preen themselves as social saints.

Conservatives are caught by surprise because they see progressives as merely misguided, when in fact they are fundamentally misdirected. They are the messianists of a religious faith. But it is a false faith and a self-serving religion. Since the redeemed future that justifies their existence and rationalizes their hypocrisy can never be realized, what really motivates progressives is a modern idolatry: their limitless passion for the continuance of Them. [End Excerpt]

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Given that we had the technology to do this 25 years ago ... I suspect we already HAVE militarized space. Of course we'll never know. Any program will remain 'beyond top secret' forever. The scary part is the USSR had the tech as well. You don't suppose Clint was trying to warn us do you?

Clinton did what pleased and served Clinton. He was bought and he sold our security.

I hope our military has been keeping up R&D. We need every advantage to stay ahead.
We aren't the aggressors. We must be strong for there to be peace.

U.S Air Force and NASA Work Closer on Strategic Space Control

[Cincinatus' Wife]

537 votes in Florida made all the difference, which makes this even more important. We put grownups in charge of the world.

Bump!!

[BplusK]

We need to remember that this excellent article was published BEFORE September 11. Then, people were talking about Missile Defense, the Kyoto Treaty, etc... Now, with the US attacks against Terrorism, we also have a good example of the American unilateral decision making process.

On the Neoconservative website (http://www.neoconservative.com), there is a small quizz:
What sort of Conservative is George W. Bush?
- Neoconservative
- Paleoconservative
- Libertarian
- Religious Right
- Rockefeller Republican

In view of this article, there is no doubt that George W. Bush is a Neoconservative (in the same veine as the National Interest Magazine - see http://www.nationalinterest.org).

[nopardons]

Bump , to read later.

[mercy]

hehehe. I meant Clint Eastwood in 'Space Cowboys'.

[mercy]

hehehe. I meant Clint Eastwood in 'Space Cowboys'.

[Lady In Blue]

bump

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Ha! Clint Eastwood.