Then Why Are We Arguing - Road to the Middle Class

Mr. Kerry was rather sharp and certainly clear in stating the Democrats’ position on the Iraq war. He did everything but call it what it really is — a two-pronged military strategy: (1) Gradually redeploy most combat troops in Iraq as Iraq’s civil war cannot be won militarily; (2) Keep enough U.S. combat troops there to defeat al Qaeda in Iraq.

And when you examine the fine print of the Democratic presidential candidates positions, you get the same result.

Barack Obama: “My plan would maintain sufficient forces in the region to target al Qaeda within Iraq.”

Hillary Clinton: “I will order specialized units to engage in narrow and targeted operations against al Qaeda and other terrorist organizations in the region.”

You can see what is going on here. Despite their rhetoric, the Democratic leadership is in accord with the Bush administration on what to do in Iraq. Defeat Al Qaeda. But the Democrats can’t admit it, because their left-wing netroots have been raised on the strict catechism of the war-is-a-cycle-of-violence religion in the academy.

We’ve said it here before. Senator Kerry has a peculiar habit of articulating the current administration strategy as his own brilliant idea while declaring that the administration’s strategy is a total failure.

Somehow, I get the feeling that the Democratic leadership is a lot closer to President Bush’s strategy in the war on terror than they like to admit to their supporters.

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Christopher Chantrill blogs at www.roadtothemiddleclass.com. His Road to the Middle Class is forthcoming.

Comments:

Posted by: Nancy Coppock on 09/26/07 12:35pm

Christopher, Exactly. What exactly are the Democrats arguing about? It's like that funny commercial wireless phone commercial where the teenagers are "rebelling" against their parents giving them a new phone with lots of minutes and text messaging. Hillary has been fighting these wrascally wrepublicans ever since she rebelled against her Daddy and quit being a Goldwater girl. She, like her party are just arguing because they can't say something is right or proper, or good because "intellectuals" can always find the hole in any transcendental argument. I'm sick of 'em.

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