The Princeton Progressive Review, which has just received a major grant from the Center for American Progress to develop our operation, makes its predictions on Bush's second term foreign policy. Among the possible policy proposals:
-A naval blockade of North Korea. Rumsfeld and co. have consistently championed the idea of blockading North Korea, much as Kennedy blockaded Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and may now have a window to do exactly this. Interdicting North Korean ships may be another (ominous) possibility. As always, a constructive and thoughtful policy -- in this case, bilateral engagement -- will be a non-starter.
- Tightening the noose around Fidel Castro. State and Defense will refuse to take a page out of history -- which should show that US hostility permits Castro to consolidate his hold on power, and moreover, gain popular support -- and tighten the embargo. Covert operations in Cuba may again become the order of the day. And of course, there is always the WMD card . . .
- OK, I know this may be a bit radical, but I'm going to throw it out there (with good reason, I might add, as it was one of the many ludicrous suggestions in Richard Perle's latest war-mongering polemic, "An End to Evil"): American officials will attempt to rollback the international influence of France and Germany. US hegemony, after all, is ill-served by these European obstructionists and their commitment to international law. Can anyone say "containment?"
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