Kashmir: The First Test of the Bush Doctrine? Listen

Indian Border Security Force soldiers patrol along India-Pakistan border

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Forums: How should the U.S. intervene in the India-Pakistan stand-off?

The campaign against Afghanistan was not the first test of the war on terrorism, says tonight's guest, Navnita Chadha Behera. That part of the war was easy. The Taliban already had no friends, a coalition was easy to build, and the United States had a clear reason to begin a military campaign. Kashmir presents much tougher questions.

President Bush said before the United Nations, "We must unite in opposing all terrorists...neither national aspirations nor remembered wrongs can justify terrorism." That would seem to include the freedom fighters in Kashmir. This hour: The ground rules for the war on terror. And is Bush's harsh condemnation of terrorism being used by the Indian government to justify a military build-up on the Pakistan border?

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Forums: Should the Bush Administration look to take a more active role in world affairs?

Click for the complete version of the Teddy Roosevelt script excerpted this hour (as read by George McGovern)

Teddy Roosevelt Speaks to the 21st Century Listen

He was a cowboy, a straight-shooter, a President who pushed the role of America as the global policeman. The parallels between Teddy Roosevelt and George W. Bush are many. The current President is reading the new biography of Roosevelt, perhaps to learn from his predecessor who held the office a century ago.

"In the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power," said Roosevelt. It was the beginning of the United States' embrace of its role as world power. This hour, the legacy of Teddy Roosevelt on the U.S.'s role in the world -- and the parallels between Teddy Rex and George W.

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