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...Dole differs from Clinton on the question of expanding NATO too. Dole wants the alliance to admit Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic by 1998, a quicker timetable than the President deems prudent, given Russia's opposition. But Dole goes even further. He also wants the Baltic states in NATO, a step guaranteed to worsen U.S. relations with Moscow. This is a debate worth having, but don't hold your breath. In the current campaign's game of charge and countercharge, sober discussion has taken a back seat...
Elsewhere in the disorderly world, however, Dole's muscular denunciation of Clinton's record collapses when he attempts to explain what exactly he would change...
China, says Dole, should "play by the rules" and not "threaten its neighbors." We should "prioritize our interests and communicate our priorities to the Chinese leadership." The U.S. should never ignore Chinese misbehavior, says Dole, but like Clinton, he views the idea of denying Beijing most-favored-nation trading status as counterproductive. At bottom, Dole's China policy is Clinton's: stay calm, hope for the best and pray that China's succession struggle goes well...
...Dole sees Russia as "all too willing to repeat old patterns, challenging the interest of America and the West." He blasts Clinton's "misguided romanticism" about Russia, but aside from pushing NATO expansion, he too recoils from a hard line for fear it could aid Boris Yeltsin's revanchist enemies...
...Dole doesn't like the course of Haiti's shaky democracy, the fragility of what passes for peace in Northern Ireland, or whatever it is that North Korea and Cuba are up to. But neither does anyone else, including Clinton, and Dole is again unsatisfying when one seeks coherent alternatives to the President's approaches. The pattern is obvious: Dole opposes Clinton's policies because they are Clinton's policies--and offers virtually nothing realistic in the way of responsible options...