How Obama Won—and Lost—the Debate

 Obama accused Romney of reverting to the 1980s version of foreign policy, in which the United States confronted the USSR with a huge military buildup. And, true, that’s Romney’s outdated, cold war–era view. But if Romney is a 1980s Republican, Obama himself seemingly reverts to the Democratic foreign policy of the 1980s: strong defense, staunch alliance with Israel, a reliance on NATO and other military alliances, and everything that goes with it. So Obama utterly failed to present himself as planning anything new when it comes to foreign policy. That’s too bad.

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