California Conservative

I just found another official statement that says that the left has misread the Lamont vs. Lieberman primary.

The victory of insurgent candidate Ned Lamont over staunchly pro-war Sen. Joe Lieberman in yesterday’s Connecticut primary demonstrates the intense voter dissatisfaction with the war in Iraq, and the power of the pro-peace vote in this year’s mid-term elections. Peace Action, the nation’s largest grassroots peace organization (which endorsed Lamont), will mobilize that power this fall through its nationwide “Peace Voter 2006″ campaign.

Getting liberals in Connecticut to agree with you that supporting President Bush on anything isn’t a movement of nationwide proportions. It’s a movement within a part of the Democratic Party, which is itself a minority party. Whether it’s Howard Dean and Harry Reid or this liberal group, Democrats either are trying to make a mountain out of a molehill.

Conservatives who are disappointed with the President on spending and other issues realize that there aren’t alternatives to voting Republican because we know that Democrats are too pacifistic to protect us from terrorists. At the end of the day, that’s all that matters.

Taking a pacifist’s approach won’t protect us. Historically speaking, it never has. The ‘why-can’t-we-all-get-along’ approach doesn’t work because terrorist’s mindset is that of kill or be killed. Put another way, it’s best to be the superior barbarian when dealing with barbarians.

“Both Democrats and Republicans need to realize the American public is not looking for politicians who posture about being “strong” or “tough” on foreign affairs,” said Kevin Martin, Executive Director of Peace Action. “The electorate is looking for candidates who have clear ideas about solving our nation’s problems, and the no. 1 problem to address is our government’s disastrous military occupation of Iraq, which is now the defining issue of our time.” Martin noted that Ned Lamont’s strong belief in employing international cooperation over unilateral military action, as well as his call to re-prioritize domestic needs such as health care for all Americans, also helped him win in Connecticut, and that such a message will doubtless appeal to voters across the country.

WRONG. It’s Mr. Martin who needs to realize that the war in Iraq is what’s keeping Iran from building a ‘branch office’ in Baghdad. Mr. Martin also needs to realize that there’s still a strong majority who favor defeating terrorists. It’s apparent that they don’t agree with President Bush’s handling but that doesn’t mean that they want us to get passive about that fight.

Today’s attempt to blow up several international flights is just a reminder that we can’t be passive. It’s a reminder that we must stay on the offensive, both through gathering intelligence and in prosecuting a military war.

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Cross-post at LetFreedomRingBlog

This entry was posted on Thursday, August 10th, 2006 at 3:36 pm and is filed under Author: Gary Gross, Elections, Iran, Iraq, Terrorism, W. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.