Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Win, Place, or Show. Or Not. Democrats Ignoring Al Qaeda
So the Associated Press is reporting what Democratic conventioneers believe ought to be the top presidential priorities ought to be for 2005.
And defeating global terrorism doesn't even make the top three.
In fact, it doesn't even top health care.
Iran will soon have nukes and the Democrats can't think past Iraq.
No, they don't get to claim their third-place consideration for Iraq suffices for serious attention to global terrorism. They've spent the last two years arguing that the war in Iraq is counterproductive and drains resources away from the war against terrorism.
They cannot now claim that Iraq gives them counterterrorism points.
I thought that if the Democrats were more willing to cut and run from Iraq, at least they were serious about confronting Al Qaeda and global jihadism.
Apparently, I was wrong.
Haven't they figured out that defeating Al Qaeda is an economic necessity as well as a military one?
Splash, out
Jason
And defeating global terrorism doesn't even make the top three.
In fact, it doesn't even top health care.
BOSTON - It's the economy, John Kerry (news - web sites). That's what delegates to the Democratic National Convention say their presumed presidential nominee or — they shudder to think — President Bush (news - web sites) should concentrate on first in 2005, an Associated Press survey of Democratic delegates found.
Health care was the No. 2 issue, followed by the war in Iraq (news - web sites), according to the survey of some three-quarters of the 4,300-plus delegates.
Iran will soon have nukes and the Democrats can't think past Iraq.
No, they don't get to claim their third-place consideration for Iraq suffices for serious attention to global terrorism. They've spent the last two years arguing that the war in Iraq is counterproductive and drains resources away from the war against terrorism.
They cannot now claim that Iraq gives them counterterrorism points.
I thought that if the Democrats were more willing to cut and run from Iraq, at least they were serious about confronting Al Qaeda and global jihadism.
Apparently, I was wrong.
Haven't they figured out that defeating Al Qaeda is an economic necessity as well as a military one?
Splash, out
Jason
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