Reply #60: You are applying the same decades-old stereotypes the GOP uses

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to promote the very notion you're describing here: Republicans are strong when there's a war going on because they're strong on national security and defense, whereas Democrats are weaker when there's a war going on because they're all about domestic issues, loathe the military, and are peacenik hippies who placate the enemy or attempt to have sharing sessions with tyrants when force is required.

Those are stereotypes left over from the 1960's, and it's really long time to retire them. The reality is today's Republicans are NOT warriors, nor are they peacemakers; they are so incompetent with the real work of foreign policy that they misuse the military in an attempt to compensate for it, with disastrous results. Clinton's foreign policy was effective; his use of the military, whatever many may think of it, was far more measured and precise than this crowd; and today's Democrats who are veterans of Vietnam -- we have quite a few now -- know exactly what the stakes are. They are the warriors who will work for peace, and that's what we need to convince even 5% of voters to understand, rather than perpetuating the old stereotypes promoted by the GOP for thirty years.