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Between Iraq and a soft place: Democrats counter with a kinder, gentler interventionism.(Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats)(Critical essay)

Article from: Reason Article date: November 01, 2008 Author: Henley, Jim

Heads in the Sand: How the Republicans Screw Up Foreign Policy and Foreign Policy Screws Up the Democrats, by Matthew Yglesias, New York: Wiley, 272 pages, $25.95

WHEN BARACK Obama clinched the Democratic presidential nomination in early June, newspaper analysts and campaign consultants couldn't figure out how a freshman African-American senator beat Hillary Clinton, who spent most of 2007 as the Inevitable Nominee because of name recognition, pedigree, and the loyalty of liberal women. They cited everything from Clinton fatigue to the Obama campaign's 21st-century ...

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Foreign Views Prove Less Neat Than 'Hawk' and 'Dove'

Posted Oct 23, 08 9:13 AM CDT in Politics 

Foreign Views Prove Less Neat Than 'Hawk' and 'Dove'
Source: AP Photo/Alex Brandon

(Newser) – For the presidential candidates, divergent experiences in Asia—John McCain's time in a Vietnam prison, Barack Obama's childhood years in Indonesia—gave rise to opposing views of American power. Yet the nominees' foreign policy stances have often blurred during the campaign, with Obama appearing more hawkish and McCain more diplomatic, according to the New York Times.

McCain, who once spoke of a "rogue state rollback" that would topple regimes from Iraq to North Korea, has tempered his rhetoric about Iran and has been reluctant to condone military action in Pakistan. Obama, however, speaks openly about a possible Pakistani operation and says he will not tolerate Iranian nuclear enrichment. Obama also favors the UN's "responsibility to protect" doctrine; he would provide some military assistance to Darfur, while McCain dislikes humanitarian interventionism.

Source: New York Times

More about:  Barack Obama • Election 2008 • John McCain • Pakistan • Iran • foreign policy • liberal interventionism

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