News Analysis
In American politics, people don’t always agree about the meaning of “freedom.”
Former President Barack Obama declared in his second inaugural address that “preserving our individual freedoms ultimately requires collective action.”
Sounding a little like former President George W. Bush, whose second inaugural address “pledged America to the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in the world,” Obama linked freedom to expansive foreign policy.
“We will support democracy from Asia to Africa, from the Americas to the Middle East, because our interests and our conscience compel us to act on behalf of those who long for freedom,” he said….
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