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Article: Taking on the evil axis; Bush doctrine to go down in history.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- February 7, 2002
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Byline: Jed Babbin, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Bush Doctrine, though still a work in progress, will certainly be recorded as one that changed America's course in history. Just as the Monroe Doctrine set out boundaries for the presence of European powers in the Americas, the Bush Doctrine sets out the boundaries that terrorists and the nations that support them cannot cross. The difficulty for President Bush, and for us, is that at the moment we probably do not have the capability to carry it out.
From the last dustup with the Brits in 1812 to the attacks of September 11, America has generally forsworn striking at any nation that had not attacked ...