Why Restraint Makes Us Stronger
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 28th, 2014 11:08 pm by HL
Why Restraint Makes Us Stronger
E.J. Dionne, RealClearPolitics
WASHINGTON — By laying out a long-term foreign policy vision in a speech at West Point on Wednesday, President Obama challenged his critics, at home and abroad, not to speak in vague terms about American “decline” or “weakness” but to answer the question: Exactly what would you do differently? This is as close as we have gotten to an Obama Doctrine, and here it is: The United States “will use military force, unilaterally if necessary, when our core interests demand it — when our people are threatened; when our livelihoods are at stake; when the security of our allies is in danger.” But in…
