D = do-nothing democrat, C = concerned citizen
C: What do we do about the terrorists?
D: Do nothing.
C: Shouldn't we be trying to fight them?
D: Certainly not. If we kill them, they'll hate us.
C: Don't they already hate us?
D: That's beside the point. They don't like us, and we can't give them a valid reason for their hatred of us by killing their cohorts.
C: What about the fact that they've been killing us for years?
D: Soldiers volunteered for that when they volunteered for the military, so their deaths don't count unless it furthers our agenda. Conservative black diplomats serving in Africa don't matter. Dead evangelical missionaries get what they asked for - martyrdom. We shouldn't do anything about those idiots who got themselves killed.
C: What should we do if they continue to attack us at home?
D: Nothing! We can't strike back. That would risk enraging the Arab Street.
C: I thought they already hated us.
D: Yes, but striking out at them would breed more terrorists.
C: Aren't they already breeding terrorists?
D: Yes. But the Muslim minority in this nation is very vocal and very active in increasing their numbers by both local production and foreign imports. We can't risk them being angry with us. They're very conservative, but they can be lulled to the Democratic side. Acting against their friends in the Middle East risks them becoming violent in our own streets.
C: Haven't some of those locally born or naturalized citizens sought to act against the US?
D: We can't assume they did anything. We don't have adequate proof yet.
C: Those men from Lackawanna pled guilty.
D: They haven't run out of appeals, so we can't assume that they're guilty.
C: What can we do to defend ourselves from attack?
D: Converting to Islam is a possibility.
C: If we do nothing, we might not be allowed to make that choice willingly.
D: Nonsense! Islam is a religion of peace!
C: The Sunni and Shiite attacks on each other in Iraq and Pakistan are proof that that's not a safe option. They're throwing suicide bombers at other sects of Islam even as they send them at our allies and us.
D: That's a trivial detail. They hate us because we're oppressing them.
C: How are we oppressing them?
D: We're buying their oil!
C: How is that oppressing them?
D: We're bringing capitalism to their socialist dictatorships. Democracy could only be around the corner if that continued.
C: Then how do we stop oppressing them?
D: We should stop buying their oil.
C: Then how will we keep our economy going?
D: We won't. That's part of the beauty of it. We would just do nothing. No oil imports. No problems.
C: Our economy would stall -
D: More Democratic votes.
C: We'd see the transportation network grind to a stop -
D: More people doing nothing, and that would save the environment, too.
C: Shouldn't we build more power plants here, then, to reduce dependence on their oil?
D: Oh, no.
C: Why not?
D: That costs too much.
C: Per your arguments, it would reduce the terrorist motivations.
D: Yes, but it would provide jobs and power. We can't do that.
C: So you vote to turn off the oil imports and to not bother with a replacement fuel source?
D: Of course! Doing nothing about the supply or the demand issues would bring the whole nation to a stop! Imagine it! Everyone doing nothing ... except being motivated to vote for us because we can solve the crisis!
You meant "In other words....didn't you? (Sheesh!)
;^)
No -- Clinton was evil in an utterly selfish sort of way, but he was also entirely sane and fairly intelligent. We despised the way he undermined U.S. security, but you never had to worry that he was going to take a dump on the table at some diplomatic function, or start spontaneously nuke random countries.
Can't say that about Wes Clark. He is literally off his rocker.