Comments on: The Democratic National Security Strategy Revealed

By: Fictor

Fictor — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 21:38:26 +0000

Lets see if we can get this out of Isreal for Lebanon, then we can all vote:

War reparations refer to the monetary compensation provided to a triumphant nation or coalition from a defeated nation or coalition. The compensation is meant to cover damage or injury during a war. Generally, the term war reparations refers to money or goods changing hands, rather than such property transfers as the annexation of land.

By: RedBlueChristian » Blog Archive » WORLDVIEW: DO DEMS LACK STRATEGY & PRINCIPLE?

Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:55:54 +0000

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By: Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » A Rarity In The Democratic Party

Flopping Aces » Blog Archive » A Rarity In The Democratic Party — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:14:16 +0000

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By: dmac

dmac — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:58:23 +0000

…or you can just see the prior post re: Dean’s brilliant musings, if you can bother to scroll down one inch.

By: dmac

dmac — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:56:04 +0000

“You must be privy to something the rest of the world completely missed.”

Er, no – the rest of the world is quite aware of this:

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/opinion/2001999939_alexander09.html

Please respond also to the fact that Carter has regularly disparaged Israel’s defense, beginning with the Lebanon excursion in the 80’s, the attack on Saddam’s nuclear reactor, the Raid on Entebbe – the list is endless. Also please respond to Gore’s increasing alliance with the movement towards “Disinvestment of Israel” on college campuses.

Or perhaps you’re living on a different planet than the one we currently reside on – in that case, ignorance must be bliss.

By: megapotamus

megapotamus — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:25:03 +0000

What Americans are dying to defend in Iraq is consensual government with the strategic goal of nurturing decency in the ME at large and, one might add, moving from a far more onerous tyranny than the one that sparked our own revolution.
Bienart gets lots of attaboys from Hewitt and the Powerliners but that is the admiration of the briefly-flying jackass. His venom for Bush always gets the better of him. His prescriptions are not bad on their own, generally, but as is always the case with the Dems, he asserts failure and despair on the current conditions under criteria that would have damned any military operation in history. Like Kerry, he and his cohorts think and declare that if only they were calling the shots, the lame would walk and the Sunni lay down with the Shia even as Arab with Jew. Hardy-har-har-har. But even if Bienert were not so vapid, as Horowitz has pointed out, there is NO consensus or any evidence of hope for same, either among the Dems or the Left generally for what should be done, save to oppose all actions by Bush, the Neo-Cons and the Israelis. In this he is perhaps right that the “softness” is not so salient a charge as simple incoherence. Still, no kewpie doll. Bienert wastes his breath but it is, of course, his to waste.

By: Pug

Pug — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 15:45:33 +0000

a party that’s now overtly hostile to anything the Jewish state does to defend itself.

You must be privy to something the rest of the world completely missed.

I like the way Beinart pins the Dubai ports deal on Democrats. He must not listen to much conservative talk radio. That whole thing seemed kind of bi-partisan.

My bet is Maliki is anti-Semitic like the rest of his countrymen. Or perhaps like the Speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, he believes this: “Some people say ‘we saw you beheading, kidnappings and killing. In the end we even started kidnapping women who are our honour’. These acts are not the work of Iraqis. I am sure that he who does this is a Jew and the son of a Jew.” This is the Speaker of the Parliament.

We should all just pretend these Iraqis aren’t what they really are, Iranian backed anti-Semites? This is what Americans are dying to defend?

By: dmac

dmac — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:56:55 +0000

My favorite moment of late is hearing the leading Dem lights criticize the Iraq premiere’s speech to Congress as not being “sympathetic enough” to Israel. This, from a party that’s now overtly hostile to anything the Jewish state does to defend itself. Truly, mind – blowing hypocricy.

By: too many steves

too many steves — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 14:12:51 +0000

I’ve never voted for a Democrat but would consider doing so for one that ran on the principles that young Mr. Beinart espouses. Politics is the process we use to lead and govern but when it becomes the end rather than simply the means then, well, that’s when you lose me.