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NOTE OM THE PUBLISHER War Issues BY ALFRED S. REGNERY s commander-in-chief, the President's greates A responsibility is to take the country into, or pull i out of, a war. Given the force of...
...What would the consequences 131 of changing commanders-in-chief during the course of the Iraq war, or occupation, or whatever it now is' We asked Michael Barone, who has as acute a view o American politics as exists, to look at both the history and the consequences, of throwing out an incumben president during wartime, and whether a change ii policy might result...
...Sir Martin uses Conrad Black's biography of FDR as the vehicle to provide extensive clarifying detail about this difficult and often strained friendship...
...Historically, campaign rhetoric i one thing, but changes in the way wars are conducte( is another, and most challengers, in the rare instance that they defeat incumbent wartime heads-of-state are bound by existing forces and circumstance: Nevertheless, even though Kerry has stressed that h, would not withdraw from Iraq and would, in fact, sent 40,000 more troops, Barone concludes that if Kerry i elected in November, things could change in Ira( quite dramatically...
...Truman maintained Roosevelt's war effort, however, and in a month Hitler was dead and the war in Europe was over...
...Kerry never fails to tell us that he would do things differently...
...Or, it might be more precise to say, its political constraints...
...Peter Wallison, a Reagan scholar, author, and one-time Counsel to the President, takes issue with our piece from the April issue on the topic...
...The relationship between war leaders FDR and Churchill was so complex, so intense, and of such historical importance that it quickly became the subject of countless books and other writings...
...FDR is our best example of a wartime presiders maintained ad infinitum by the voters...
...Likewise, Churchill remained Britain's prime minister throughout the war effort, but was turned out when peace was established...
...Kerry never fails to tell us that he would do things differently...
...We are pleased to present the latest on the topic from Sir Martin Gilbert, Churchill's official biographer...
...His exchange with its authors is particularly poignant concerning how best America should further its goals—as Ronald Reagan did in his consistent campaign against Soviet Communism, or in the current Bush administration's consistent campaign against Islamist terror...
...All of which, we trust, will further enlighten our readers on issues of vital national interest...
...Churchill quipped that Americans have a way of exhausting every possible alternative before doing the right thing...
...militarya force unprecedented in the annals of the worlda president's war-making power is awe inspiring As George W. Bush struggles to maintain contro of the situation in Iraq, however, and control of the political situation at home, it is evident that thi...
...But would he...
...Given the force of the U.S...
...According to Democratic nominee-apparent John Kerry, the current administration has undertaken "the most inept, arrogant, reckless and ideological foreign policy in the modern history of this country...
...But would he...
...power does have limits...
...As Baron, 6 THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR JUNE 2004points out, Hitler believed that Truman's ascendancy to the presidency would bring changed policies and relief from the Allied onslaught...
...The "right thing" in Iraq will be debated for years to come, and in TheAmerican Spectator's tradition of presenting a range in views from the right, we continue the debate about where Ronald Reagan might be vis-à-vis Iraq were he President today...
Vol. 37 • June 2004 • No. 5
