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This 6 page paper argues that Rice redefines realism by rejecting past political history and moves toward an entirely new world through an aggressive global democratization plan and contrasts this to Obama's more idealistic view. Bibliography list 5 sources.
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her speech on realism, the Bush administration was embroiled in a reactionary response to the 9/11 attack. Though at first the counterattack was gratifying for many Americans, most came to
their senses. As a nation, we recognized it as a knee-jerk reaction opposed to the good faith we had built since the Truman administration.
So what to do about it? Pulling the troops out of the Iraq and Afghanistan at the time would have only weakened the new global geopolitical infrastructure. The
idea took hold to reject the past and move forward toward an entirely new world view of global democratization. This involved ridding the plan of all idealism outside of the
human rights issue, which is addressed in only a few words throughout the speech. President Barack Obama made another choice. His Nobel Lecture
is full of idealistic ideas, and his entire focus is human rights. He is interested in using individual rights to build the sovereignty of all nations. He rejected the forcefulness
of Rices speech and empowered it with a different voice. Condoleezzas Vision of America
In the wake of 9/11 and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, Rice begins her speech by summarizing the current dynamics in the world as follows:
As globalization strengthens some states, it exposes and exacerbates the failings of many others--those too weak or poorly governed to address challenges within their borders and
prevent them from spilling out and destabilizing the international order (Rice 2). It is in this environment that strategies were formulated for national
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