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Originally Posted by strandinthewind
Interestingly, and to stir it up just a little 
I get that Clinton tried and failed - but so did W, who indeed went into Afgan, etc.
So, despite Clinton's posturing (based in fact though) - - what does this interview show about how the D's would have handled 9/11 (post) differently. Remember almost all D's voted for the war in Afgan and for the war in Iraq. So, they can make the argument that W screwed those up, which he did, but they will likely as history demonstrates be seen as flipp flopping.
So, my question is, what can the D's show to the American people that will demonstrate they are not weak on national defense, etc. I can tell you I think that talking about no spying and no torture ain't gonna cut it because most Americans do not care about that and, mostly correctly, think those avenues had lead to stopping the terrorists. So, what are the D's gonna do is the question. |
its a whole different kettle of fish to ask what the Dems would do NOW as opposed to what they would have done THEN. Its too late to now ask what the Dems would have done differently if they had been in office, and its unreasonable to expect the Dems to clean up a GOP mess...
I think we need to get OUT of Iraq, develop alternative energy sources and vehicles, scale back the protections on multinationals and financial institutions (bring back consumer protection and the anti-monopoly mindset!!) remind the country that the Church and State are SEPARATE,
take global warming seriously and restore social programs that benefit the least advantaged among us. (Thats MY platform!!)