Regarding the war on terror and foreign policy in general: Bush-era policy was actually a 180 from what he campaigned on in 2000. Bush campaigned on a non-inte

Regarding the war on terror and foreign policy in general: Bush-era policy was actually a 180 from what he campaigned on in 2000. Bush campaigned on a non-interventionist foreign policy while Al Gore pushed for "Nation Building". Nation building was consistent with operations and campaigns carried out during the Clinton administration. Clinton signed the Iraq Liberation Act making it the official policy of the United States to support regime change in Iraq. A few months after signing we carried out the Operation Desert Fox bombing campaign in Iraq. There were other operations and similar polices as well. Granted you can probably continue this line back through George H.W. Bush and prior, but my point is I'm not sure Obama's policies on surveillance, war on terror, & war on drugs are all republican stances. Rather they are a continuation and expansion of policy that has been in effect at the national level for decades. Party is irrelevant.