Reply #74: Which takes nothing away from the General

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He doesn't believe "the measure of America is how we wage war," if that's what you're implying. Nor is this a man who's lived his life at the altar of the Almighty Dollar. He turned down opportunities to make money in the private sector for many, many years.

He espouses and embodies the Democratic vision of shared responsibility, mutual cooperation and empowerment, and equal opportunity. He not only says Democrats "are not weak on national security," he says security and strength are first and foremost about diplomacy -- dialogue, give and take, listening and understanding, persuading and pressuring, negotiating, investing, uplifting -- and that military force is a last resort when all diplomacy FAILS. That's hardly a "strict father" mentality. Quite the contrary.

So I guess you don't have any problem with him afterall.