Obama-Reagan Doctrine Comparision

"we cannot play innocents abroad in a world that's not innocent; nor can we be passive when freedom is under siege"

Reagan used this doctrine to enforce his point that some conflicts are not always worth the American interest to risk the lives of our soldiers but instead it would be easy to "lead from behind". Often times, our allies are involved in conflicts that they may need a little extra help in, such as France's involvement in Mali. The American's stepped in only in the intelligence sense, we offered them technical help and support but without putting our troops on the front lines. Reagan believed that we must back all of our democratic allies and no stop supporting those fighting the battle. He used this speech to address the issue of Communist, this thought is reelected in Obama's strategy as well. Our first intervention with Obama administration was in Libya, we had our hands in the initial strikes but then took the back burner and put our efforts toward surveillance and reconnaissance

 Leading from behind has been viewed by many as a negative thing, as a hegemony not giving its support in full potential. letting others take the brunt of the fight while we play "office worker". Personally, it seems like a good way to save the lives and minds of American soldiers.