{"id":92115,"date":"2017-03-02T03:33:48","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92115"},"modified":"2017-03-02T03:33:48","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T08:33:48","slug":"george-w-bush-warns-against-isolationist-tendency-in-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/02\/george-w-bush-warns-against-isolationist-tendency-in-us\/","title":{"rendered":"George W. Bush warns against ‘isolationist tendency’ in US"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday warned against an \u201cisolationist tendency\u201d in the U.S. that he called dangerous to national security, at a time when the current president has faced questions about its commitment to the country’s international partnerships. (Photo: George W. Bush\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES\u2014Former President George W. Bush on Wednesday warned against an \u201cisolationist tendency\u201d in the U.S. that he called dangerous to national security, at a time when the current president has faced questions about its commitment to the country’s international partnerships.<\/p>\n

The 43rd president was speaking at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, to promote his new book, \u201cPortraits of Courage,\u201d a volume of his paintings of military veterans.<\/p>\n

Bush’s remarks come at a time when Europeans have been skittish that President Donald Trump may promote isolationist policies. Last month, Vice-President Mike Pence reassured allies in Europe about the U.S. commitment to NATO and the country’s willingness to maintain its ties around the globe.<\/p>\n

Bush, 70, said it was not his intent to criticize his successors at the White House and he is optimistic about the future. \u201cI don’t want to make the president’s job worse,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

But he also alluded to the Iraq War, and warned that there is a lesson \u201cwhen the United States decides not to take the lead and withdraw,\u201d an apparent critique of former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

\u201cVacuums can be created when U.S. presence recedes and that vacuum is generally filed with people who don’t share the ideology, the same sense of human rights and human dignity and freedom that we do,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Bush echoed remarks he made earlier this week by saying he didn’t intend to criticize Trump when he said recently that a free press is essential to democracy. Trump has referred to the press as the \u201cenemy of the people.\u201d Bush said at the library the nation needed an independent press, but added that it needs to be accurate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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