The historical review of the United States’ foreign policy stance in the 21st century indicates that the nation has a national mission of leading the world toward peace, progress, democracy, and freedom. Supporting this mission is an integral ideology known as “American Creed” whose roots are extremely old (Holland, 2013). This ideology is instilled into American Children through agents of socialization such as the family, church, school, and media among others. Ideally, the “American Creed” is the backbone of American civil nationalism that is mostly accepted by the majority of citizens. The US ideological obligation to promote democracy and peace in the world was approached differently by the former presidents Bush and Obama. However, both
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The Bush administration coined the phrase after the 9/11 attacks to enable him to pursue a broad counterterrorism agenda which gained justification of the Iraq war. So to speak, the Al Qaeda was the main threat to national and global peace during the Bush administration. President Obama’s approach, on the other hand, approached the agenda in a modest fashion. He stated that the war lacked a scope and so his administration sought to dismantle specific networks that pose a threat to national peace. Here, the two presidents appear to have a common goal of achieving peace but the idea of the enemy is divergent. With that in mind, one could assume that by having different ideas of the enemy, the actors would respond to the imminent threat …show more content…
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The Bush administration coined the phrase after the 9/11 attacks to enable him to pursue a broad counterterrorism agenda which gained justification of the Iraq war. So to speak, the Al Qaeda was the main threat to national and global peace during the Bush administration. President Obama’s approach, on the other hand, approached the agenda in a modest fashion. He stated that the war lacked a scope and so his administration sought to dismantle specific networks that pose a threat to national peace. Here, the two presidents appear to have a common goal of achieving peace but the idea of the enemy is divergent. With that in mind, one could assume that by having different ideas of the enemy, the actors would respond to the imminent threat …show more content…
Gregg ll, “George W.Bush “: Foreign Affairs University of Virginia, Accessed March 9, 2018 http://millercenter.org/president/gwbush/foreign-affairs
Chris J, Polar “The Bush Doctrine and U.S Interventionism”, American Diplomacy, published June 2004, Accessed March 7, 2018, Http://www.une.edu/depts’diplomency/archivesro,,/2004-04-06/delan-bush/elm-bush,html
Jeffrey, GoldBerg, “The Obama Doctrine”, The Atlantic, Published April 2016, Accessed April 28, 2018, https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2016104/the-doama-doctrine/47125/
“President Obama Speaks to West Point Graduates”, The Obama White House, Published may 28, 2014, Accessed April 14, 2018, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fg_hx_xm4ks
Micheal nelson, “Barack Obama: Foreign Affairs”, Accessed April 20, 2018,