The Bush Doctrine: A Realist Method for Idealist Goals

ed into familiar territory for a war president. George W. Bush reacted to the terrorist attacks as Wilson, Truman, and Reagan had done in response to their enemies. US foreign policy is an adaptation and it is the president's job to sculpt a foreign policy that can address the current dangers the nation faces. In Bush's case it is hard to clearly identify the enemy and therefore requires a vision of realism in regards to international relations. Bush realized that the problem wasn't just Bin Laden or Al Qaeda, but the nations that harbor and fund terrorist groups. Bush identified that nations will use any means, including terrorism, to undermine democracy and the advancement of freedom. George W. Bush recognized that the entire world has become a battlefield and made it US policy to pursue terrorism where
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