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Originally Posted by zen_tom
The problem with the 'kill them all' policy is that you can't complain when your enemies take up the same policy. Add a little collateral damage into the mix and it's not long before everyone is adopting a 'kill them all' policy.....
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Are you implying that the 'official' Democratic position should be anti-war, anti-preemptive strike, anti-depose a dictator? Should they be actively voicing their disapproval to whats going on in Iraq, for example? After all, if Democrats are representative of those citizens opposed to how the Repubs are dealing with 'terrorism', shouldn't they be speaking out more vocally - ie, trying to assert the demand's of their constituency - against the actions of the Repubs?
If so, then why aren't they? Why the silence and the acquiescence? Why are they giving in to the 'neocons' 'warmongering'? It seems to me that when it comes to modern American foreign policy post-911, there is little difference between the Dems and Repubs, or, what is arguably worse, the Democrats' foreign policy ideology is being silenced by the Repubs' foreign policy ideology. If this is the case, how are the Dems going to reassert themselves and retake political power in America?