Hobbes, Locke and Bush

Great article about the differences in the philosophies of John Locke, Thomas Hobbes and President George Bush.
The basic premise is that Hobbes, thinking and writing about the time of the Westphalian peace agreement, when most countries were ruled by monarchs and were basically done with war for a while, and instead of trying to change the regimes of nations around them, their desire was to leave everyone else alone, even if changing them was for their own good. The point is to recognize the government of a nation, no matter what the composition of that government is.
Locke's writings indicate that a government is illegitimate if the rule does not come directly from the will of the people.
Our tendency has been to quietly accept the rule of whatever power is in charge, in the Hobbes tradition. But Bush seems to not accept that and is pushing for change in countries where democracy does not exist or hold sway.
Read the whole thing.