Saturday, March 19, 2005

World Looks At Wolfowitz With A Weary Eye

Following the nomination of the outspoken hawk John Bolton as the next American ambassador to the United Nations, the outlines of a new Bush doctrine are becoming clear: whereas in the first term he used military power to topple Saddam Hussein, in the second term he will use "soft power" to advance American - and western - goals. The targets of this soft campaign are the "multilateral institutions" - the global bodies whose legitimacy in the eyes of the world stands as the sole opposition to the American superpower.(News.Telegraph.UK)

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Are you sure you meant to post this article? My read is that it's not particularly critical of the Wolf. Further, his policies will probably be no more destructive than those furthered by his predecesors who came from agricultural backgrounds.