At some level it's a distinction without a difference. The USA has arguably been a majority "leftist" country since FDR. Both FDR and LBJ enjoyed huge majorities in both houses of Congress while President, something the GOP has not had in the post-WW2 period.
America would have won *excpet for those guys* - but *those guys* happen to be the leaders of the institutional majority party.
From the point of view of anyone outside of the USA: We (The United States of America) lost, regardless of what part of the loss the Democrats contributed vs. what percent of the loss the GOP contributed.
Somehow war advocates and planners can't figure this out?
Bush1 understood it. He got into and out of Iraq before the weariness and disunity set in. Reagan understood it: he got things done without big wars, few skirmishes here and there is all.
Nice name. Not