Obama must erase all trace of the Bush years

The new president is faced with the mammoth task of erasing the disastrous legacy of his predecessor.

Can President Obama alter fundamentally the foreign policy the United States followed in the Bush years after September 11? Judging by the mood on the streets during the inauguration ceremony, even voxpop America has woken up from the Bush years sadder and wiser.

Public opinion has begun to contemplate the enormous damage America’s reputation has sustained globally, and the nation’s need to reenter the civilized world.

Imagine it as though September 11 had ...