December 01, 2005
A Woman’s Prerogative as Foreign Policy
There is an old cliché "It's a woman's prerogative to change her mind." This cliché can now be considered the official foreign policy of the Democratic party. Kerry demonstrated this early on during the election in classic democrat form with his statement "I was for the 87 billion before I was against it." The cliché is actually a classic demonstration of indecision wrapped in the appearance of decisiveness.
The last few weeks we have seen the classic signs of a party that will go to war and abandon it on a whim. It is common knowledge (particularly after Vietnam) that entering into a war regardless of the reasons without an iron willed determined to see it through is the height of irresponsibility. Those now claiming that their vote for the war was a mistake for whatever reason should also understand it is a reflection of their own inability to commit to hard foreign policy choices, a well known weakness of democrats that has kept them from power for a while now.
Now we have the heroes of the Democratic party Cindy Sheehan and Rep. Murtha calling for immediate pullout to the cheers of the party faithful. That is unless you ask them to comment on the record personally at which time they will backpedal from such and idea. When forced to take a stand we get a 403-3 vote in favor of staying the course only to have Democratic party leaders like Pelosi later call again for immediate pullout.
Will the democrats ever show dedication to a cause? Will they ever be able to settle on a word that means immediate withdrawal without having to use the actual word immediate? Or will they adhere to the "Woman's prerogative" foreign policy.
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Posted by Sid at December 1, 2005 11:35 AM | War on Terror
