Obama and foreign policy: The hazy view from the Duke political science dept.
Peter Feaver writes elsewhere in FP that “Obama’s foreign policy successes have come when he has followed Bush policies; his failures have come when he has struck out on his own.” (Peter is a friend of mine, and also one of the Shadow Governors — I am proposing that the bong be made their ...
Peter Feaver writes elsewhere in FP that “Obama’s foreign policy successes have come when he has followed Bush policies; his failures have come when he has struck out on his own.” (Peter is a friend of mine, and also one of the Shadow Governors — I am proposing that the bong be made their official emblem.)
Yes — just look at all the countries Obama has invaded pre-emptively on false information about weapons of mass destruction!
Thomas E. Ricks is a former contributing editor to Foreign Policy. Twitter: @tomricks1
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