David Mikhail in The Hill derides the Bush administration’s failure to understand how its ”rejection of all things international” diminished America’s global influence and currently prevents the U.S. from being able to neutralize the Iranian nuclear threat. “Our lead-up to the Iraq war, Guantanamo and the sanctioning of torture have made allying with the U.S. toxic to foreign governments, and separation from American policy safe. Our security interests have been undermined.”
