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The Democratic Party, Now the Leading Party of War

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Last May a remarkable column by Stephen Kinzer appeared in the Boston Globe. It was headlined: "Republicans Return To Their Roots As The Antiwar -

More significantly, the subheading ran: "Since the Vietnam era, Americans have come to expect antiwar rhetoric from liberal Democrats. Cancel that." It began:

"With Americans now engulfed in passion for Ukraine, it wasn’t surprising that President Biden proposed sending  $33 billion worth of weaponry and other aid to Ukraine’s beleaguered military. Nor was it surprising that Congress raised the number to $40 billion, or that both the Senate and House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly in favor. Hidden within that lopsided vote, though, was a shocker: Every single "no" vote – 11 in the Senate and 57 in the House – came from a Republican.

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