A QUESTION OF VISION
Sherle R. Schwenninger, The Nation
Rather than pointing us in a more constructive direction,
much of the Democratic leadership is reinforcing a foreign
policy agenda that has divided us from the world.
http://www.alternet.org/story/26352 /
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Unchastened, the neoliberal wing of the party wants the Democrats to repeat this gambit by toughening their rhetoric and committing yet more resources to the fight against what they describe as Islamic jihadism. In a New Republic essay late last year, Peter Beinart
called on Democrats to rediscover their "fighting faith" and to commit themselves to a new generational struggle against "Islamic fascism."More recently, Blueprint magazine, the house organ of the Democratic Leadership Council, published
a statement on national security, signed by leading Democrats, urging the party to "make winning the war against Islamic jihadism the party's first priority." The group's agenda--prosecuting the global "war on terror," democratizing the Middle East and increasing the military's ground forces--is echoed by likely Democratic presidential candidates, including Senators Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton.
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