Great summary of Bush military doctrine.


	Great summary of Bush military doctrine.

tommy2balmy

9-9-2008 1:47 PM

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bush policy, us militarism, bush military doctrine

tommy2balmy says:

Refering to Bush's 2002 National Security document from a great longer piece by Robert Bellah

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9-9-2008 3:50 PM

masbury

Good clip!

9-9-2008 5:08 PM

ratilfar

Empire....

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