Political moment of truth on defense

The Washington Times ^ | 6/25/2002 | Frank J. Gaffney Jr.

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Since September 11, some congressional Democrats have imitated chameleons, altering their observable ideological coloration for tactical political advantage. Like their reptilian counterparts, the motivation has been simple: survival. The transparent calculation has been that if they marched in lock step with a popular Republican president on national and homeland security matters, while highlighting disagreements over domestic policy, Democrats would get credit for bipartisanship while denying the GOP the benefits of its most potent wartime appeal.

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Democrats cannot have it both ways. Either they are serious about affording the public and our country with the means to counter enemy attacks — whether undertaken with fuel trucks, ship-borne containers, commercial airliners, crop-dusters or missiles — or they are not. Their true colors will be apparent to all if their ideological opposition to missile defense is seen as trumping their purported commitment to defending the homeland.

I sometimes wonder if Democrats think 9/11 was just another Hollywood flick.