HILLARY CLINTON: IS SHE THE NEXT PRO-WAR DEMOCRAT TO FALL?

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The Bush administration's response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks was to launch a war against a country, Iraq, that had no involvement in 9/11. It has spent the last five years promoting the notion that the rule of law and constitutional protections are legal niceties that thwart the war on terror. We've seen kidnappings, torture and illegal detentions abroad and an unprecedented spy program at home. And after almost five years, there appears to still be absolutely no understanding at all about even the most basic elements of the Middle East political situation.

A majority of Americans are tired of seeing their young people come home in flag-draped coffins from a war that didn't need to happen. They are fed up with a reckless foreign policy that has increased the threat of terrorism worldwide. Most of all, they are sick of politicians who won't listen to them and are still pretending that everything is fine.

Given all this, Democrats don't need to posture, as Hillary Clinton has, to prove their toughness. All they have to do is point out where Bush has failed and show they have an alternative plan that might work better. That's why Ned Lamont beat Joe Lieberman and why Democrats and Republicans alike who support the Bush administration's policies are in deep political trouble.

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Randolph T. Holhut has been a journalist in New England for more than 25 years. He edited "The George Seldes Reader" (Barricade Books). He can be reached at randyholhut@yahoo.com.

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