The researcher took the speeches and data examined and assessed them; first, to classify the Bush strategy as realist, liberal or neoconservative and, second, to find out whether the Bush Doctrine represented change or continuity in US foreign policy. At the end of the research, the data reveals that the Bush doctrine exemplifies continuity in US grand strategy. However, a change in the policies implemented to achieve foreign policy goals strategic interests were predominant in President Bush’s foreign policy. The surveys conducted in March 2003 demonstrate that the Bush Administration enjoyed high public approval ratings, indicating that President Bush’s use of ideological rhetoric to justify strategic objectives successfully garnered domestic support for the Bush Doctrine.
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Bush, examines Bush’s rhetoric built on stereotypical words and images addressed to the American nation on several occasions. The author argues that the portrayal of Arabs as ‘evil’, ‘bloodthirsty’, ‘animalistic terrorists’ is not Bush’s creation, rather it was through media and since more than 20 years ago those ideas were fixed to Arabs. Debra ends to the conclusion that Bush’s speeches reflected and suited this image of an enemy that existed, and continues to be so in current
Bush, examines Bush’s rhetoric built on stereotypical words and images addressed to the American nation on several occasions. The author argues that the portrayal of Arabs as ‘evil’, ‘bloodthirsty’, ‘animalistic terrorists’ is not Bush’s creation, rather it was through media and since more than 20 years ago those ideas were fixed to Arabs. Debra ends to the conclusion that Bush’s speeches reflected and suited this image of an enemy that existed, and continues to be so in current