The Bush Doctrine Defined

Wikipedia credits Charles Krauthammer with the first mention of the Bush Doctrine. Who better to set the record straight?

The 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.

Dr. Krauthammer goes on to define the current version of the Bush Doctrine.

It was most dramatically enunciated in Bush’s second inaugural address: “The survival of liberty in our land increasingly depends on the success of liberty in other lands. The best hope for peace in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world.”

So there!

 

The ‘Bush Doctrine’ Poll

Charlie Gibson could have asked the question more clearly of Governor Palin but he chose to play “gotcha” over the ‘Bush Doctrine’. Did you know exactly what he was talking about or would you have needed clarification?