Biden’s National Security Strategy Aims To Take The Leftist Culture War Global
America’s genuine adversaries will likely view the Biden administration's national security 'guidance' with a mixture of relief, laughter, and incredulity.
By Matthew Brodsky
March 10, 2021
The Biden administration released its “Interim National Security Strategic Guidance†last week in a 24-page blueprint for reordering American society according to leftist dogmas that will also be applied as policy abroad.
A central theme of the text is “democracy,†a word mentioned 24 times. According to the “Guidance,†democracy is the solution at home and abroad, it is under assault, and it must be “revitalized.†One must dig a little deeper and connect the loose threads to understand how the Biden administration imbues the word “democracy†with meaning that goes far beyond what most people would assume.
While lamenting the global rise of authoritarianism, the document argues that our democracy and national strategy were “reinforced by the 12 initial executive actions issued by President Biden in his first two days in office,†which the administration argues “centers on restoring trust with the American people.†In the administration’s version of “democracy,†then, presidential authority that bypasses Congress is considered more democratic.
The national strategy says “a vibrant democracy rejects politically motivated violence in all of its forms,†which most Americans could agree on. It also states, however, that “millions of Americans have braved COVID-19 to demand racial justice.†So not only has history been re-written to remove the most obvious features of reality — such as the violence, burning, and looting that raged across the country during 2020 — but all those who participated are considered brave for having done so while violating local lockdown orders and curfews.
The “Guidance†sees democracies across the world — including our own — as under siege but not from the aforementioned “brave†protestors, which is why U.S. cities from Washington, D.C., to Minneapolis to Seattle remain boarded up. Instead, it identifies the chief causes of this siege as “nationalist and nativist trends,†which is to say that America’s new version of democracy rejects the very concept of a nation-state that pursues national interests while prioritizing the welfare of its citizens.
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