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Monday, August 18, 2014

The Obama Doctrine: Doing Nothing Better Than Doing Something?

Two Ways of Looking at the Hillary Clinton Interview (James Fallows) from the Atlantic
A similar take:
"It sinks for her, that she thought this would make her sound tough or wise; it sinks for the Democratic Party, that this is the future foreign policy choice it’s getting; and it sinks for the country, if this is the way we’re going to be talked to about our options in dealings with the world. The easiest and least useful stance when it comes to foreign policy is: Situation X is terrible, we have to do something. Or its cousin: Situation X is terrible, you should have done something."

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