For Democrats: Foreign Policy is More than Thumping Your Chest
Some thoughts to stiffen the spine of Democrats – that is, the ones constantly wringing their hands worrying about being “perceived” as soft on terrorism:
How are Democrats stronger on terrorism? Simple, and easily said: Thumping your chest like King Kong on top of the Empire State Building – the George Bush foreign policy -- is just stupid. Look what happened to King Kong.
The United States needs to be the leader of nations again, not the object of scorn and ridicule throughout the world that Bush has made us. We stand for the real foreign policy strength that brought down Hitler and the Soviet Empire. It is the Democratic leaders who made the United States the admired and trusted leader of nations. Leadership, not chest-thumping and bullying, is the core principle of the foreign policy of Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and every other Democratic administration, and even Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan basically followed it. With its “me mighty Kong” foreign policy, this ideological administration has been making us weaker by destroying the carefully-built system that protected us throughout the 20th Century.
What do Democrats stand for to fight terrorism in 2006, simply put? Restoring our real world leadership, not chest-thumping.
How are Democrats stronger on terrorism? Simple, and easily said: Thumping your chest like King Kong on top of the Empire State Building – the George Bush foreign policy -- is just stupid. Look what happened to King Kong.
The United States needs to be the leader of nations again, not the object of scorn and ridicule throughout the world that Bush has made us. We stand for the real foreign policy strength that brought down Hitler and the Soviet Empire. It is the Democratic leaders who made the United States the admired and trusted leader of nations. Leadership, not chest-thumping and bullying, is the core principle of the foreign policy of Franklin Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy and every other Democratic administration, and even Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan basically followed it. With its “me mighty Kong” foreign policy, this ideological administration has been making us weaker by destroying the carefully-built system that protected us throughout the 20th Century.
What do Democrats stand for to fight terrorism in 2006, simply put? Restoring our real world leadership, not chest-thumping.
posted by KISSWeb | 2:20 PM
4 Comments:
Right on. The way for Democrats to prove they have fortitude is to stand up for what they believe in, not to whimper like cowards in the corners or bloviate about the evils of al Qaeda.
What DID happen to Kong? I remember he was a real tough guy at swatting down clumsy little biplanes -- very Bush-like, in a way. He struck out with the pretty blonde. Didn't they net him and tranquilize him and ship him back to Crawford... er, that remote island redoubt of dinosaurs and other evolutionary left-behinds? If that's the case, I guess it would be the perfect ending for a chimp's sad attempt to puff himself up into a gorilla.
Actually, the way it really turned out, all the king's horses and all the king's men couldn't put Kongy together again -- so the tranquilizers weren't necessary.
If you keep up with the conspiracy blogs, Karl Rove's agents actually forced the producers of this latest version to take out Kong's line, "Take that, Saddam," as he swatted one of the Sopwith Camel's down.
Sounds like you have a plan for the democratic party...i.e. not whimpering and not just thumping your chest. I mean it sounds like some real action is about to take place. What was that plan again to bring world peace and bring us back to the point where we are loved by those countries that, as you say, hate us? Give the some money maybe? I mean it's clear all we have to do is talk and really want things to get better and then all those people who like to hang girls that are raped when they defend themselves and riot over a few cartoons that, while in bad taste, are just cartoons...yeah those people will love us again.
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