Events do not wait as Obama plays a delay defense

Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy in this election year might be best summed up by William F. Buckley’s famous promise: to “stand athwart history, yelling stop. ” Wherever war rages, crisis looms, or a truculent strongman glowers, the message from the White House has been the same: “Give me space. Read more

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Barack Obama’s foreign policy strategy in this election year might be best summed up by William F. Buckley’s famous promise: to “stand athwart history, yelling stop. ” Wherever war rages, crisis looms, or a truculent strongman glowers, the message from the White House has been the same: “Give me space.

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William F. Buckley, Jr.

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