Steve Chapman on the President’s Conservative Foreign Policy

Conservatives
generally agree on a few propositions. The federal government
should avoid spending money unnecessarily. It shouldn’t exceed its
basic constitutional duties. It should encourage self-reliance
rather than dependency. It should accept that some problems are
beyond its ability to solve.

Barack Obama, they may be surprised to learn, agrees with much
of this formula. He just applies it in a realm where conservatives
often don’t: foreign relations and national security. The Obama
doctrine, writes Steve Chapman, is one of comparatively limited
government.

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