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The un-Bush
Israel Matzav — ... has an article in Monday's Wall Street Journal in which he reviews the many similarities and the differences between the foreign policies of the Obama and Bush administrations. I thought he did an excellent job of summing up the differences . Differences in the execution of policy, however, make all the difference. Take, for example, outreach to Iran. The Bush administration mulled this, and even tried it, diplomats warily meeting Iranians in various venues. But when Mr. Obama said to the leaders of Iran and other despotisms, “We will extend a hand if you are willing to ...

Nader Was Right: Liberals are Going Nowhere With Obama
Commondreams.org Views — ... world,” Nader said. “In terms of foreign and military policy it is a distinct continuity with Bush. Iraq, Afghanistan, the militarization of foreign policy, the continued expansion of the Pentagon budget and pursuing more globalized trade agreements are the same.” This is an assessment that neoconservatives now gleefully share. Eliot A. Cohen, writing in The Wall Street Journal, made the same pronouncement. “Mostly, though, the underlying structure of the policy remains the same,” Cohen wrote in an Aug. 2 opinion piece titled “What’s Different About the Obama Foreign ...