The Foreign Service Journal, February 2007

F E B R U A R Y 2 0 0 7 / F O R E I G N S E R V I C E J O U R N A L 29 he attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, imbued President George W. Bush with a sense of the purpose of his presidency: to lead the nation in a war against terrorism. Despite consternation in Iraq and the “thump- ing” that his party, and by inference his policies, took in the November 2006 congressional elections, Bush has no choice but to prosecute the war on terror to the best of his ability for the remainder of his term. A course correction is in process, T H E N E X T T W O Y E A R S A S OUND S TRATEGY T HE ADMINISTRATION IS ENGAGED IN A COURSE COR - RECTION ON I RAQ , BUT THIS WILL AFFECT ONLY TACTICS , NOT THE STRATEGY OF PROMOTING DEMOCRATIZATION . B Y J OSHUA M URAVCHIK T Adam McCauley Please turn to page 36