Waterloo or Milestone of the Bush Administration

(整期优先)网络出版时间:2005-01-11
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Inthecomingfouryears,theMiddleEastwillcontinuetobethestrategicfocusoftheUnitedStates.Itcanbeseeninananalysisoftherecentyears'situationthattheBushadministrationratherchoseawarintheMiddleEasttoachieveitsstrategicgoalsthanusednon-militarymeasurestodothesamething.InthefuturetheBushadministrationmightfinditdifficulttodrawbackfromitspolicyontheMiddleEast,whichwillmeanmorelossesthangains.ThiswillprobablycontinuetocausedamagetoboththesoftandhardpoweroftheU.S.,andresultinadownwardtrendoftheU.S.powerforacertainperiodoftime.