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for all occasions in the Galleria!August 27, 2006 What Would the Democrats Do? By Jan A. Larson As the November election approaches and Democrats from John Murtha to John Kerry to Howard Dean to Ned Lamont claim that the Bush administration's policies to combat terrorism and to conduct the war in Iraq have failed, we still don't know what exactly the Democrats would do. While Democrats constantly claim that the administration doesn't have "a plan," it doesn't appear that they have a plan either. Maybe theirs is a "secret" plan. As a regular viewer of the O'Reilly Factor, I've watched time and time again as Bill O'Reilly has asked Democratic strategists, operatives and politicians just what, specifically, they would do to protect Americans and stop the spread of Islamic terrorism. Invariably, the answer begins with, "In the last five years, the Bush administration has failed ..." Yes, we all understand that the Democrats believe that the Bush administration has failed. But what we all really want to know is just what would the Democrats do? I don't care what they think of Bush's policies, I want to know what their policies are. Ann Coulter's recent column, "What Part of the War on Terrorism Do They Support?" summed up the Democrats' plan - do the opposite of Bush. Coulter quoted the aforementioned Howard Dean saying that the war in Iraq is "hampering our ability to fight the real war on terror." My question is then where would we be fighting the war on terrorism if not in Iraq? Iran and Syria are sending terrorists into Iraq and we are fighting them there. Would Dean prefer that we turn over Iraq to Iran and then fight those terrorists somewhere else? Just where would Dean and the Democrats prefer to wage the war on terrorism? Lebanon? Syria? New York? Maybe an invasion of Iran is included in the Democrats' secret plan for winning the war on terrorism? Democrats wailed that the Bush administration could have and should have prevented the attacks of 9/11. That makes one wonder just how would the United States prevent such as attack if not for laws such as the Patriot Act and programs such as the NSA wiretapping program that the Democrats oppose. (Harry Reid rejoiced when "we killed the Patriot Act"). Do the Democrats have better ideas? Maybe the Democrats expect terrorists to turn themselves in. Democrats don't want to hold captured terrorist "soldiers" at Guantanamo and want to give terrorists constitutional rights. How does not detaining enemy soldiers fit into the Democrats' plan? Do they favor a catch-and-release program in the war on terrorism? I want to know. The Democrats put their undying faith in Kofi Annan and the United Nations and since the Bush administration has alienated so many around the world, it appears that the Dems would cede much of the responsibility for combating terrorism to Kofi and the boys. The rest of the world might like us again, but can the Democrats tell us that we would be safer under such a plan? Since none of the Democrats have offered more than a glimpse at their apparently secret plan to combat terrorism, I'm left to deduce it for myself based on the collective positions offered by various Democrats:
A lot of "experts" are anticipating sweeping Democrat victories in November. An examination of the Democrats "plan" for the war on terrorism should they regain power suggests otherwise. The party of Pelosi, Kennedy, Reid, Durbin and Dean cannot be counted to protect America. I just hope that the majority of voters see it the same way. -- Send feedback to the author. The "What is the Deal?" column will appears weekly on the Pie of Knowledge website. Guest submissions are welcome and encouraged. To submit an article to "What is the Deal?" click here. To subscribe to the "What is the Deal?" mailing list and receive early notification when a new column is available, click here. The Pie of Knowledge will never, ever divulge email addresses to any third party for any reason unless so ordered by a court of law. Contributions to the Pie of Knowledge are greatly appreciated. 
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