Foreign Policy of George W. Bush

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Foreign Policy of George W . Bush

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Foreign Policy of George W . Bush

Introduction

In the first eight months of the Bush administration there was little attention paid to foreign affairs . The former Texas governor entered office focused primarily on two domestic issues : tax cuts and education reform . Bush 's first foreign policy lacked clear definition and was criticized by some prominent neoconservatives . Author Jacob Weisberg refers to the first eight months of the Bush foreign policy as "Unipolar

Realism " Bush , it appears , entered office with a foreign policy slogan of ABC : Anything But Clinton . He wanted the administration to have focused ommitments and not move from crisis to crisis like a corkscrew Bush had repeatedly attacked the Clinton era foreign policy during the campaign on issues such as China policy , Iraq policy , policy in the Balkans , and the military budget "Soon after taking office he said 'never mind ' on all four , while neoconservatives shrieked in protest

The first foreign policy crisis of the administration came just a few months in when a U .S . spy plane collided with a Chinese fighter jet forcing the U .S . plane to make an emergency landing in Chinese territory . The plane was confiscated and the crew was taken prisoner . At first , Bush took a hard stance towards the Chinese . But eventually he capitulated in to retrieve the crew and the U .S . was forced to apologize for the incident

Norman Podhoretz criticized Bush for simply...