Few things are as politically polarizing as foreign policy and yet it’s on foreign policy where the differences between the parties are often narrowest. Consider two opinion articles on Biden’s foreign policy published late last week. Fareed Zakaria, writing in the Washington Post, asked, “Is Biden normalizing Trump’s foreign policy?” Michael Rubin, writing in the Washington Examiner, asked, “Is Biden’s Foreign Policy Really Different from that of Bernie Sanders?”Both foreign policy experts make a good case. Rubin sees Cuba as one of the only stark differences between Biden and Sanders on foreign policy (the other being Israel). I understand why you’d want a president you agree with to have a free hand on foreign policy, but shackles have their upside.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 21, 2021 10:18 UTC