Hanania hasn't embraced old school GOP foreign policy. Hanania's whole argument for American support in the Russo-Ukrainian War is to uphold the international norms of no conquest and no annexation. That's liberal interventionism. Nixon, Reagan, and Trump all rejected international law in practice while sometimes using it rhetorically to…
Hanania hasn't embraced old school GOP foreign policy. Hanania's whole argument for American support in the Russo-Ukrainian War is to uphold the international norms of no conquest and no annexation. That's liberal interventionism. Nixon, Reagan, and Trump all rejected international law in practice while sometimes using it rhetorically to justify a rationally self-interested policy. Nixon withdrew ground forces from Vietnam while simultaneously escalating bombing and expanding operations into Cambodia and Laos in defiance of international condemnation to find Hanoi's breaking point. The Democrats then blocked fund to the RVN, which led it to become materially exhausted and get conquered. Reagan unilaterally invaded Grenada despite UN disapproval and later Panama. Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over territory it seized in a preemptive war. None of their foreign policies reflected a concern with Hanania's international norms and instead focused on rational self-interest at the expense of such norms.
Hanania hasn't embraced old school GOP foreign policy. Hanania's whole argument for American support in the Russo-Ukrainian War is to uphold the international norms of no conquest and no annexation. That's liberal interventionism. Nixon, Reagan, and Trump all rejected international law in practice while sometimes using it rhetorically to justify a rationally self-interested policy. Nixon withdrew ground forces from Vietnam while simultaneously escalating bombing and expanding operations into Cambodia and Laos in defiance of international condemnation to find Hanoi's breaking point. The Democrats then blocked fund to the RVN, which led it to become materially exhausted and get conquered. Reagan unilaterally invaded Grenada despite UN disapproval and later Panama. Trump recognized Israeli sovereignty over territory it seized in a preemptive war. None of their foreign policies reflected a concern with Hanania's international norms and instead focused on rational self-interest at the expense of such norms.