I see the split as just more politics

Submitted by Rick House (United States), Sep 11, 2006 at 16:08

Additional understanding of the Liberal position is necessary to reveal the split in the country.

Since the Republican Revolution in the House, Liberal Democrats have focused their political objectives on the American homefront. Their aim to once again dominate the government has warped their resolve in the war on terror. Liberal leaders know that their base is rooted in those who need economic and government assistance. So, their rhetoric calls for a smaller international footprint on terror and a larger one at home.

The Liberal elite understand the rational for the War in Iraq, but choose to undermine it in order to appeal to and enlarge their base. They understand that strategically Bush and the Republicans have orchestrated a military-based containment of Iran, the most dangerous country of the axis of evil. They know that huge steps in changing the hearts and minds of the Middle East have been made in Pakistan, Afghanistan, Lebanon, and Syria. They know that Bin Laden is just a figurehead. And more importantly, they know that Bush's government has been successful in defending the homefront. Yet despite their knowledge of the reality of the situation, they choose to harp on every negative that has a possibility to unseat the Republicans.

The great divide in America is all about politics. If the Democrats win in November (which I doubt), the first thing they will do is continue the actions taken by Republicans -- it is a winning strategy after all. They'll remove the troops from Iraq in a year (what military planners and the Bush administration plan on anyway) and claim that they ended the war. They'll put the terrorists on trail and say that justice was done (something the Bush administration is already doing). They'll put forth immigration legislation to recapture that portion of the hispanic vote they lost to Bush and claim that only the Democrats speak for the nation's minorities (never mentioning that Bush curbed most of the angst against immigrants by taking the most moderate position in the debate).

It's all just politics!

Ps: Have you heard what they're saying about Blair? They say he's being ousted because of his position on the war. The truth is Brown has rallied the Liberals in Parliament and demanded that he gets his turn as Prime Minister before the next general election.

It's politics in Britain as well!

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