IT'S NOT A DOCTRINE, IT'S A DISGRACE:

The Obama Doctrine (Amitai Etzioni, 7/16/09, Huffington Post)

In contrast to the thesis -- much promoted by the president himself -- that he is not an ideologue but a pragmatic, Obama has laid out a strong new normative foundation for his foreign policy. He seeks to promote peace and security but leave democratization and liberalization to the people who find their regimes oppressive. This is in direct contrast to the Bush Neocon thesis that forced regime change is essential because only democracies are reliable partners in peace.

So not only are you on your own if you live in a dictatorship but we'll be happy to collaborate with your oppressors?

These bouts of isolationism and indifference to evil aren't unusual following our most interventionist periods, but we always shrug them off because we come to despise ourselves for them.

Posted by Orrin Judd at July 21, 2009 3:53 PM