| | Foreign Policy: Meet George W. Kerry |
 | | Thus, although the Bush administration's vaunted aversion to what then U.S. President Thomas Jefferson called “entangling alliances” may not disappear in a second term, Bush's rejection of multilateral action will be far less rigid and ideologically driven than it was during the first four years. |
 | | Some dictator, somewhere, may be emboldened to behave in ways that test the new president's mettle, thus compelling Kerry to act forcefully and unilaterally to show that neither he nor the United States has abdicated the use of force. |
 | | Indeed, these comments by Kerry and Bush highlight a paradox that the candidates and U.S. voters alike are reluctant to recognize: If reelected, Bush will have difficulty sustaining the foreign policies of his first term, whereas a first-term Kerry presidency is bound to emulate some of Bush's more aggressive positions. |
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