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CR Composition Corner: Democrats & Foreign Policy
By rawhide | August 3, 2007
Sent in by Justin Smith of Missouri.
Recent news cycles have been dominated by the Democratic presidential candidates and their various foreign policy views. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama have bickered over unconditional meetings with leaders of any foreign country. Every liberal candidate argues that America is pursuing the wrong course in Iraq, yet their proposals are vague when it comes to fixing this supposed problem. The popular solution is a “phased redeployment,” redeployment being used as a fancy word for withdrawal and surrender. Obama has caused waves this week with what was perceived as a tough speech on sending troops into Pakistan.
All of the statements and plans by these Democrats add up to a “cafeteria-style” diplomacy, where terrorists can and should be fought in some places, but not in others. It matters not that they are the enemy at all times, regardless of their current mailing address. The Democrats seem willing to concede that some countries should just be overrun by terrorists, and there is nothing that we can do to stop them. The Democrats fail to realize that you cannot win a war if you are unwilling to fully engage. The Democrats fail to understand that the enemy we face will not rest until they have destroyed the United States of America and the freedom for which we stand.
These failures are not small defects in otherwise acceptable candidates; they are glaring deficiencies that could cause great harm to our country. If the terrorists are allowed to gain a foothold in Iraq or any other nation declared off limits in the Democrats’ guerre du jour, they will be able to launch attacks against our homeland. And then innocent American civilians could die because Democratic leaders lacked the resolve to pursue and defeat the enemy where they live.
There have been many mistakes made by the Bush Administration in the arena of foreign policy. But the administration has never wavered on the policy of defeating the terrorists in the streets of Baghdad so we do not find them on the streets of New York or Washington. And that is a very good thing.
Foreign policy is not a game. Wars will not be won through sound bites and feel-good proposals. We must fight the terrorists everywhere if we ever want to achieve total victory. The sooner that the Democrats accept this principle, the safer our country will be.
Mr. Smith is apparently maneuvering to be appointed as the CRNC’s secretary of state. Since we don’t need a diplomatic channel with the College Democrats, the position doesn’t exist. Sorry, Justin. You wouldn’t get it, anyway.
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Topics: Iraq, CR Composition Corner, foreign policy |
