The Uses of American Power

THE IRAQI invasion of Kuwait has touched off a much-needed debate about the uses of American power, national review has supported the President vigorously; in fact, we’ve supported the President a lot more vigorously than the President has acted.

Good friends such as Pat Buchanan, Neal Freeman, and our own Joe Sobran have wondered aloud about our position. I’ve wondered myself at some of the proposals that have appeared in our pages (even as I support the positions we’ve taken in our editorials). But that’s all to the good; it means we can turn this debate to beneficial effect by using it to establish some rough guidelines for the appropriate application of American military force in the post-cold-war era.

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THE IRAQI invasion of Kuwait has touched off a much-needed debate about the uses of American power, national review has supported the President vigorously; in fact, we’ve supported the President a lot more vigorously than the President has acted.

Good friends such as Pat Buchanan, Neal Freeman, and our own Joe Sobran have wondered aloud about our position. I’ve wondered myself at some of the proposals that have appeared in our pages (even as I support the positions we’ve taken in our editorials). But that’s all to the good; it means we can turn this debate to beneficial effect by using it to establish some rough guidelines for the appropriate application of American military force in the post-cold-war era.