According to aftenposten news, president Obama has finally buried George W. Bush’s “war on terror” method. The United States’ new security doctrine is in cooperation. The new national security doctrine was presented on Thursday and represents a clear break with the U.S. under George W. Bush.
Bush focus on the U.S. military, point out the new doctrine which needs for broad cooperation, including with countries that not have previously been counted as U.S. allies. To succeed, then we need to see the world as it is in, “the document”.
United States wants to seek contacts with “hostile nations” like Iran and North Korea to give them a chance to change the course. At the same time the cooperation with emerging powers such as China, Russia, India, Brazil, South Africa and Indonesia will be strengthened.
Abandon the terror-war
In the new doctrine it appears that the U.S. still can launch unilateral military attack, but the possibilities for this are restricted in compared with the Bush era. It will also put a final end to the concept that became a refrain throughout Bush’s eight years in the White House, the “war on terror.”
We will always oppose terrorism and those who use terror against others. But we do not lead a war against a tactic, terrorist, or a religion (Islam). We are at war with a network, namely Al-Qaeda; this is underlined in the document.
The economic risk
The economic downturn of the financial crisis also held out as a serious security risk in the U.S. The economy is central. The economy serves as a source of an American power, turn the document unchanged. The U.S. will also strengthen the international role by working to make themselves less dependent on oil from abroad, this mean, Stats and other nations.
The document also mentions a number of other threats against U.S. security, from internet wars to epidemics of ethnically motivated wars and inequality in society.