I was skeptical of this article on Obama’s approach to foreign policy because I think Brendan O’Neill and the rest of the Spiked crew often bend over backwards to be contrarian. But he makes some legitimate points.

Obama, while still preferable to the other candidates, isn’t a bona fide peacenik. I do think O’Neill stretches considerably in suggesting that he could turn out to be “more bellicose than Bush,” though. Nothing in Obama’s background suggests that he would pursue war with the the same zeal that the Bush administration has, even if he does have some gooey ideas about the need for American interventionism.