surveyor, toppling Saddam strengthened Tehran. Our line towards Iran has strengthened the hardliners. Abu Ghraib undermined our moral authority. The Taliban and AQ are reconstituting in Pakistan’s tribal areas. That’s not ‘blaming America’. Republicans concede we’ve made mistakes at this point.

The question of how and whether to use diplomacy is a foreign policy matter and merits discussion. I’m a realist. Obama advocates a realist approach that includes both diplomacy and military force towards our enemies, draws down our footprint in Iraq and focuses on AQ in A/P. I support his approach. On the whole, I expect him to be more effective than Bush and less of a blowhard.

As for the rest, some questions:

– Since when did diplomacy become equated with surrender or weakness? That’s not correct. Who is saying this? Why?

– Why attack Obama as a “leftie who blames America”? Because he supports diplomacy? How are the two connected?

They’re not connected. These are partisan talking points meant for consumption at home and designed to slant Democrats as ‘weaker than republicans’ and ‘aligned with the enemy’. Yet again, republicans putting politics before country during wartime. Politics stop at the water’s edge, right?

Ordinarily, I don’t call people names. These aren’t ordinary times (Bolton is a DOUCHEBAG). We’re on the verge of WWIII and all neocons do is rant about liberal Americans. (Who hates America?) I’m looking forward to November. We’re throwing the bums out. By that time Israel will have bombed Iran. Gets interesting from there, bro’. I sure hope we have our ducks in a row.