Obama's Strong Foreign Policy Card

Obama's Strong Foreign Policy Card

Throughout contemporary history US foreign policy has been subject to the domestic electoral cycle. All presidential contenders have contrasted their own hawkishness with the alleged weaknesses of the incumbent. That is what Eisenhower did to Truman, Kennedy to Eisenhower, and Reagan to Carter. When the Republicans finally alight upon Obama's opponent, they will traduce the president for, at best, negligence towards America's national security, or at worst, a sinister desire to wind down the US's role as sole global hegemon. The president will become the Manchurian Candidate.

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