Bush defends his record of using military might

President George W. Bush on Tuesday defended his doctrine of pre-emptive war and warned that the United States must remain willing to "to take the fight to our enemies across the world."

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Bush defends his national security policy

President George W. Bush defended his policy of pre-emptive military action Tuesday and said the United States must stay on the offensive to ensure that the American people are protected from harm.

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Obama and Bush in Tandem: "Evil," Afghanistan, "Just War," and the "Bush Doctrine"

INTRODUCTION There has been substantial and continuing opposition to the "Bush Doctrine" for years. For many, it has come to symbolize the invasion of Iraq.

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A Mistake in and Misgivings about Obama's Nobel Laureate Speech

If his wartime speech in West Point was a pathetic reminder that he proceeds with war without the guns for it, his speech before the Nobel Peace Prize audience was a reminder that Obama contains the seeds of greatness when discussing peace in our world.

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Of course, Hillary is lying to Ron. Bush demanded that the Afghan government turn over Osama. The Afghans asked for evidence of his guilt, as in any extradition request. What?! How dare they?! So the US invaded and still hunts the head of that government.

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Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow and prominent neoconservative Max Boot has surfaced on Foreign Policy magazine's website this week, bemoaning the unpopularity of the Bush Doctrine despite its disastrous results in Iraq.

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The president says that while there has been lots of debate about his policies, there can be no argument that America has been kept safe since the Sept. 11 terror attacks.

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On his way out of office, the president is returning to the theme that helped win him a second term: preventing another terrorist strike against the United States.

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President George W. Bush defended his policy of pre-emptive military action Tuesday and said the United States must stay on the offensive to ensure that the American people are protected from harm.

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John Lamperti, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Dartmouth College, writing for TruthOut. Lamperti is the author of several books on the theory of probability and on random processes.

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An excellent op-ed from Onyango Oloo about the circumstances of president elect Barack Obama

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Think of all the seismic events to have shaken the world in the past eight years.

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The strike on Syrian territory fits well within Obama's category of "targeted counter-terrorism missions." No wonder Joseph Biden rants hysterically about upcoming crises around the world and the need for Democrats to shut up and go along with the new administration's plans.

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And the IAEA's latest report on Iran has some harsh words for the regime. With Bush mindful of his legacy, this phoney war could soon turn real

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Sarah Palin, Commander In Chief.

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The United States responded to the attacks of 11 September 2001 by launching a global "war on terror". Two weeks after 9/11, Paul Rogers began to track that war in a weekly openDemocracy column.

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As petraeus to iraq, so paulson to Wall Street

Lo, unto us a child is born department.

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Sara Palin answers questions from Charlie Gibson.

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Charlie Gibson's high-toned condescension pales next to that of former Dick Gephardt speechwriter Matthew Dallek, who managed a loud guffaw over Sarah Palin's supposed inexperience in an interview with Politico.com. However, Mr.

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WASHINGTON - Five former secretaries of state, gathering to give their best advice to the next president, agreed Monday that the United States should talk to Iran.

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Without being smarmy about it or unfurling gotcha questions, ABC News anchor Charles Gibson demonstrated that he knows volumes more about national security and foreign policy than does Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

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...I took my car to get inspected Friday and was told I needed some sort of "tie rod end" replaced.

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Vanquished primary candidates usually go home to rest and ponder the high points and lows of their failed effort. Clinton, in contrast, raised more than $4 million for the Obama campaign and repeatedly urged her supporters to campaign for Obama and contribute to his cause.

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Michael R. Gordon, the chief military correspondent of The New York Times, offers this quick assessment of how Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska addressed major foreign policy questions in the interview that was broadcast Thursday night on ABC News.

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The New York Times got it wrong. And Charlie Gibson got it wrong.

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From the man that coined the term "Bush Doctrine":The Times got it wrong. And Charlie Gibson got it wrong.

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NeoCon Charles Krauthammer thinks Gibson gaffed by failing to specify which version of the "Bush doctrine" he meant.

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