Does the US appear unreliable to friends, compliant to rivals, and weak to enemies?"

In "Truman and the Principles of U.S. Foreign policy" Victor Davis Hanson illustrates that "Truman constantly learned from his mistakes, that Carter seemed "stunned into inaction'' by his.

In closing, Mr. Hanson asks:

"Will an inexperienced Barack Obama, in the fashion of Harry Truman, learn quickly that the world is chaotic and unstable—best dealt with through strength and unabashed confidence in America's historic role galvanizing democratic allies to confront illiberal aggressors?

Or will a sermonizing Mr. Obama follow the aberrant Democratic path of the sanctimonious Jimmy Carter: finger-wagging at allies, appeasing enemies, publicly faulting his less than perfect predecessors, and hectoring the American people to evolve beyond their supposed prejudices?
America awaits the president's choice.

The world's safety hinges upon it."

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