Stephens displays a somewhat incoherent endorsement of the militaristic policies of bush. WSJ junk.

This opinion piece has considerable journalistic merit. Most of the piece is devoted to presenting factual information about the issues for which the author presents his opinion. The majority of the text in fact presents valuable information. There is only limited effort to balance the piece by quotations from the U.N. or the other countries.

Childishly partisan. The United States has always selectively policed the globe according to its geopolitical advantage. This piece amazingly suggests that the so-called Bush Doctrine nobly rises above that selectivity. The author then spuriously decides to dump on Barack Obama and "liberals" for only pursuing sanctions instead of military action, which is all the current administration has pursued anyhow.