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The article is spot on. I think there will be a paradigm shift in the way the Left will need to view foreign policy from now on. The illusions of 9/10 are gone, and have proven a detriment to winning a presidential election. Instead of instilling terror, the terrorists have succeeding only in angering and emboldening the Americans. The Left has nowhere to hide now; they must also pick up their swords and join the fight if they ever want to wield power in a post 9/11 America.
Once this is realized, the Left will have the potential to dominate the American political scene. Bush's unilateralism, his 'with us or against us' doctrine will be seen as a detriment to the Right, and the Left will be perfectly positioned to create a world alliance against global terrorism, IF the Right chooses to maintain a unilateral approach. Out of political necessity, the Left will be reborn, with a spine. Thanks to the terrorists, the American Left could formulate the new post 9/11 intellectual effort in uniting - not just America - but the world, against fundamentalism.
This is all assuming that the Left is capable of learning from their mistakes.
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