Obama not Bush's 3rd term on foreign policy The Wall Street Journal has been running an editorial campaign designed to convince the American public that President-elect Barack Obama's administration will constitute a third Bush term in foreign policy. Arguing that Obama's cabinet choices in national security portend more continuation than change, we are treated to a highly deceptive repackaging of the Bush legacy. The truth is that the Bush administration bankrupted America's international standing through a half-decade of vigorous unilateralism that began before 9/11 and was turbocharged thereafter, the most stunning example being our government's withdrawal from the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty with Russia in December 2001 -- the first time we've ever broken a strategic arms limitation agreement.