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July 13th, 2012
thesmithian
Zoom …Obama’s aggressiveness in protecting American interests angers liberals suspicious of nationalist arrogance, while his implicit rejection of the United States as the world’s “indispensable nation” angers those who cling to the neoconservative sensibility of the Bush years. But in truth he has positioned himself nicely within a political sweet spot, one where Americans are loath to see their country relinquish its premier global position but wary of unnecessary wars undertaken on wispy rationales. more.

…Obama’s aggressiveness in protecting American interests angers liberals suspicious of nationalist arrogance, while his implicit rejection of the United States as the world’s “indispensable nation” angers those who cling to the neoconservative sensibility of the Bush years. But in truth he has positioned himself nicely within a political sweet spot, one where Americans are loath to see their country relinquish its premier global position but wary of unnecessary wars undertaken on wispy rationales.

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