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Dear Rock: I agree with your analysis except the following statement: "Remember, since McGovern in 1972, Democrats do not do wars..." However, Democrats do do wars--if they have nothing to do with U.S. interests and only at the behest of the UN and certain EU nations, such as France. Kosovo was all about France and Germany not wanting a million ethnic Albanian refuges swelling their welfare rolls for the next 50 years. Clinton was only to glad to oblige them.

Kosovo -- with no Americans in ground combat and no KIAs at all by us -- does not merit being called a war. But your essential point is correct: for the Democratic party and liberals, war is now about social work and politics, not the protection and advancement of our national interests.

The Democrats do not do real wars -- except to blunder us into them -- and are so feckless in military matters as to be a menace to our survival. Clinton's lack of effective response in Somalia, Saddam's provocations, and the WTC, Cole, and embassy bombings convinced bin Laden that "America was a weak horse" and could be struck with impunity. And so some three thousand Americans died on 9/11 and we found ourselves in the current war.