Comments on: GOP’s Latest Defense of Palin: There is No Bush Doctrine!

By: Re

Re — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 03:58:16 +0000

On ABC This Weak, George Will joins the legion of Republican clueless about the Bush Doctrine.

http://www.newshoggers.com/blog/2008/09/george-wills-fu.html

By: Missives From Suburbia

Missives From Suburbia — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:25:34 +0000

I think Anita may be onto something here. It took me less than five minutes to track down the White House’s National Security Strategy on their web site. In Chapter V, section A, the first two paragraphs state… well, you can read it for yourself, Rog Pits:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/nsc/nss/2006/sectionV.html

In fact, in the past, Bush’s own staffers have expounded upon his administration’s doctrine publicly (calling it “The Bush Doctrine), and the only debate they seem to have is whether there are six or seven parts to it.

The term “Doctrine” is standard nomenclature used during any presidency to define foreign policy strategies. There is a Bush Doctrine, just as there is a Clinton Doctrine and a Truman Doctrine (etc.)

See, that’s the funny part about this whole topic: EVERY president has a foreign policy doctrine, either explicit or implicit, based on the statements they make during their presidencies. Given the text on the White House web site, I’d argue that Bush’s is fairly explicit.

By: Anita Marie

Anita Marie — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 00:45:58 +0000

GOOGLE…it….

Are all McSamers Internet Challanged?

By: Rog Pits

Rog Pits — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 23:15:15 +0000

So would you mind linking to where we can find the official White House policy page titled “The Bush Doctrine”? Oh that’s right, you can’t, it doesn’t exist.
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I assume you saw the video in this post where McCain defines the Bush Doctrine. Are you calling McCain a liar? A man who spent 5 1/2 years in POW camp? How dare you!

-RK Ref