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But with a few notable exceptions, the Democrats are mostly ducking the hard question of what to do next. They act as if all those America-hating terrorists will evaporate back into the sands of Anbar province if the United States pulls out its troops. Alas, that is not the case. That is the problem with Iraq -- it is not an easy mistake to fix. An example of the Democrats' fudge on Iraq was highlighted yesterday by Post columnist Dana Milbank in his description of retired Maj. Gen. John Batiste's appearance before the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. Senators cheered Batiste's...

Tough-on-terrorism Democrats urged their party on Tuesday to put foreign policy ahead of political retribution in the fall elections, underscoring a divide between the party's hawks and doves that could frame the 2008 presidential campaign. "Simply lashing out in anger at the current administration doesn't accomplish what we want," said Indiana Sen. Evan Bayh, a likely candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination. Bayh and another potential White House hopeful, former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, spoke at an event sponsored by the moderate Progressive Policy Institute to promote its book, "With All Our Might," a Democratic blueprint for fighting the war...

Democratic leaders in Congress have unveiled their plan to “protect America and restore our leadership in the world.” Dubbed “Real Security,” the four-page plan is remarkably thin on specifics and on how Democratic leaders intend to achieve some very worthy goals. Vowing to apply “national-security policies…that are both tough and smart,” the plan begins by outlining how the Bush administration has failed on a number of fronts. Specifically, it blames the administration for “inadequate planning” and “incompetent policies” since 9/11 that have “failed to make America as safe as we should be.” According to Madeleine Albright, who helped introduce the...