i dont think the problem of the bush administration on foreign policy was philosophical, but incompetence. they had an agenda and wanted to push it through despite the facts, even though that agenda may have been "right". contrasted to the obama administration, i think it's incredibly competent. these guys are brilliant and fantastic at getting things done. but what they're bad at is having an agenda that's actually positive for the world and its people. obama's foreign policy disaster has nothing to do with competence, while bush's had everything to do with competence. reagan and h.w. bush were both very gop-agenda and very competent on foreign policy, and the results were fantastic.