Edwards and Giuliani Spar Over "War on Terror"

[draft_mario_cuomo]

The semantics of this is not the biggest issue of the day but it is good to see Edwards show leadership on this and speak his mind instead of automatically accepting a key Republican frame.

==Rudy Giuliani and John Edwards "traded bare-knuckled jabs yesterday over whether President Bush's 'war on terror' is the nation's top concern or just a political 'bumper sticker,'" the New York Daily News reports.

"Previewing what will be a fundamental issue of the 2008 election, Giuliani called Edwards deluded and Edwards called Giuliani a fearmonger. The battle began when Edwards laid out his military policy in a speech to the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He accused Bush of using the 'war on terror' as an ideological 'sledgehammer' to pummel political foes and justify policy disasters like the Iraq war. Even worse, he said, the approach has backfired, straining the military even as terrorism mushrooms around the world."==

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2007/05/24/edwards_and_giuliani_spar_over_war_on_terror.html