[okie01]

"Then there are the liberal internationalists. They like to dream, and to the extent they are aware of our unipolar power, they don’t like it. They see its use for anything other than humanitarianism or reflexive self-defense as an expression of national selfishness."

There is, I think, another reason why liberals don't like our unipolar power. Krauthammer is too civil to mention it, but I will:

Liberals know that, entrusted with such power, they would assuredly abuse it. Consequently, they assume others would, as well -- especially the "evil" conservatives.

Thus, the liberal objection to American unipolar power is based solely upon a projection of their own moral weaknesses.

In their innermost selves, liberals intrinsically know they should not be entrusted with power -- no matter how desperately they seek it. And they are right...

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Liberals know that, entrusted with such power, they would assuredly abuse it. Consequently, they assume others would, as well -- especially the "evil" conservatives.

Thus, the liberal objection to American unipolar power is based solely upon a projection of their own moral weaknesses.

I can certainly agree that liberals project their moral weaknesses onto conservatives. But they are also flamingly self-righteous; maybe that's the same thing. Evade your own weakness by attributing it to someone else.

The Bush Doctrine is that

The political/religious principles of the Constitution (e.g., the First Amendment) are under attack, and

Propagation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence is not merely "a good" offense which is "the best" defense of the Constitution--it is a great offense--and the only defense of the Constitution of the United States.

Undemocratic regimes can only view propagation of the principles of the Declaration of Independence as America's "offence."

They see [the use of our unipolar power] for anything other than humanitarianism or reflexive self-defense as an expression of national selfishness."

What strikes me in that quote is that what "liberals" style "national selfishness" is nothing other than the use of the resources of the U.S. goverment to propagate American principles. "Liberals" are no part of the solution, because they are themselves the heart of the problem.