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To: KLP who wrote (132508)	8/15/2005 9:50:23 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 793804

Let's back up a moment, Karen. This conversation started with my post of The Nation article linked from Steve Clemons' blog. That article noted that, so far as foreign policy issues within the Dem party go, the folk who get the most press time and are the most visible expression of the Dem party on that point are what the writer called "National Security Democrats." I think they take that term for themselves. Those are, generally, former members of Clinton's foreign policy team, Hillary herself, Biden, etc. In general, these foreign policy centrists share a positive view of the initial invasion of Iraq and a negative view of its implementation. They are loath to offer criticisms of the entire misadventure. They are in contrast with another group of Dems with a different view of foreign policy, at least in the narrow sense of their views about Iraqi invasion. The most prominent of these is probably Ted Kennedy. Best I can tell they think the US should leave Iraq as gracefully and as timely as possible. It was a mistake from the beginning. Not a part of "the war on terror"; just a great tragedy, an elective war that did not need to happen. Zell Miller is simply not a player in any of this.