The ghost of Neville Chamberlain
By H. D. S. Greenway | Tuesday, May 26, 2008 | The Boston Globe
“…These are not the post-Jimmy Carter years when the United States foreign policy needed a little more coherence and toughening up. The next president of the United States will be following on a radical and overly belligerent foreign policy that sought, and failed, to impose democracy in the heart of the Middle East with a war that has proved to be an unmitigated disaster. The task will be to rebuild America’s lost legitimacy and prestige as a bulwark against extremism, not more intransigence and blind toughness.
McCain needs to distance himself from Bush in the foreign policy realm, not parrot him. Exploring Iran’s legitimate fears and regional interests should be a first step, if only to separate them from Iran’s illegitimate interests. After all, Winston Churchill also said: ‘Better jaw jaw than war war. ‘…”…BS
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