Democrats and media arbitrarily changed a relationship between AQ and Iraq into operational support for 9/11. That was never said but this is one of the current items the left continues to claim. I am under no illusion the media and Democrats won't do anything they believe they can get away with for political gain.
I agree with you on their not being able to oppose the war on terror, but it defies logic to me how then can then separate Iraq from the WOT. Yet they do. It is not inconceivable to me that the left will change on a dime to include Afghanistan.
Notice too, there is virtually no mention over Kosovo coming from Democrats. Selective war is political for them and they are not adamant about protecting the USA.
The Dems voted overwhelming in support of the Joint resolution on Iraq. Most of them did not object to the invasion. It was only when things got bumpy and success was not immediately achieved that they went to the dark side. Success has many fathers, but defeat is an orphan. The Dems have always put domestic political considerations ahead of national interests. Clinton ran his foreign policy like an extension of domestic politics. Rather than do the right [and difficult] thing, he took a poll to see how it might play in Peoria.
Notice too, there is virtually no mention over Kosovo coming from Democrats. Selective war is political for them and they are not adamant about protecting the USA.
Some hard decisions are coming on Kosovo. The Serbs [and Russians] are not about to agree on an independent or autonomous Kosovo. No doubt the Dems and the WH will try to pressure and/or buy Serbia's agreement to this fiasco. Like so much of what Clinton did, this is another of those decisions that he made to postpone making the hard decisions. Diplomacy can not avoid the inevitable.