The Bush doctrine (Krauthammer in 2001)

CNN ^ | February 26, 2001 | Charles Krauthammer

[palmer]

...
Bush's refreshing question was: Why? We don't need Russians cutting our offensive weapons through arms-control treaties. And we don't need Russians telling us whether or not to build defensive weapons.

This was the genesis of the Bush Doctrine, now taking shape as the Administration takes power....

[palmer]

Early Bush was refreshing and his response to 9/11 has been outstanding overall which helped Russia in an odd sort of way. Even Krauthammer wrote better editorials back then. Now we merely have words, not action as Russia takes over part of Georgia.

Anyway, that was the Bush Doctrine, gone but not forgotten.

[LjubivojeRadosavljevic]

...Anyway, that was the Bush Doctrine, gone but not forgotten.

You sound disgruntled.

[I see my hands]

Thanks for posting.

[palmer]

Not really, I am just marveling at all the different Bush Doctrines out there.

[Jackson Brown]

No it's not gone, it's different. Today's Krauthammer column

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Charlie Gibson's Gaffe

By Charles Krauthammer
Saturday, September 13, 2008; A17

“At times visibly nervous . . . Ms. Palin most visibly stumbled when she was asked by Mr. Gibson if she agreed with the Bush doctrine. Ms. Palin did not seem to know what he was talking about. Mr. Gibson, sounding like an impatient teacher, informed her that it meant the right of ‘anticipatory self-defense.’ “

— New York Times, Sept. 12

Informed her? Rubbish.

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

There is no single meaning of the Bush doctrine. In fact, there have been four distinct meanings, each one succeeding another over the eight years of this administration — and the one Charlie Gibson cited is not the one in common usage today. It is utterly different.

rest at link

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202457_pf.html

[palmer]

Thanks, just read it. He used Wikipedia to find out about 2001, but I found his column with Google.