Alliances Against the U.S.

The Bush policy of "attack, don't negotiate" is having serious consequences around the world as we have built fear into the hearts of our world neighbors. As Bush and Cheney have built their empire here in the U.S. based on instilling fear in the hearts of all Americans, so have many (powerful and large, in some cases) become fearful of a world in which the U.S. dominates. And those nations are beginning to fight back.

George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are so wrong for us in so many ways...

Ironically, this is precisely what President Bush has pledged to prevent. The national security doctrine that Bush and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have proclaimed in public rests upon a determination to discourage any combination of countries from mounting a challenge to the United States. By building a military force so awesome that no cluster of countries could even hope to match it -- and by demonstrating a willingness to stay clear of constraining international treaties and obligations -- administration hardliners planned to intimidate all potential challengers into meekly accepting Washington's dictates.

But after five years of trial and error, it is clear that the Bush doctrine is having the opposite effect. Instead of inciting awe and submission, the policies associated with Vice President Dick Cheney and other administration hawks are motivating countries in Eurasia, the Middle East, and Latin America to seek channels for cooperation against US hegemony.

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