Determine whether President Bush wanted to implement a more unilateral or multilateral approach to the war. Drawing on what you
have learned in this lesson, speculate on why this was the president’s approach. Also, speculate about obstacles that stood in the way of this approach.
During his presidency, President Bush devoted much of his time to foreign affairs, an area over which Presidents generally have more latitude than they do with domestic affairs. In his first inaugural address, Bush spoke of unity between the executive and legislative branches in foreign affairs, presenting a united front to the rest of the world and referring to a time when "our differences ended at the water's edge."
