Snipped from The Huffington Post.

The extreme duality that I have been so frustrated with has had little media attention. We are too used to the polarization of so many aspects of our lives that we seem to forget that a whole world of grey is out there. I bring this up because in the wake of the dems and repubs going against each other in the race to the White House, we have been prey to the polarization that the two parties create. Your either a spineless weak democrat or a militant hawk republican, and if you do not fit within the mold you are an outcast. Just look at Ron Paul or Mike Gravel. We need to help redefine what it means to live in a free society… free meaning the allowance of all viewpoints, not just the ones that fit right or left.

This article from Huffington Post was one of the only articles from a “credible” source that addresses this issue. Here is what they had to say.

As an early and vigorous opponent of the second Gulf War and constant critic of its folly, I believe liberal and progressive forces must do more than merely demand its immediate cessation. The confusion in Democratic ranks is caused by the clear public insistence that we withdraw and the knowledge that Democrats cannot continue to be seen as anti-defense and anti-military. The alternative is not for us to become the war party once again, nor is it to try to outdo hawks in military spending on new weapons systems. The alternative is for liberal and progressive people, and their elected representatives, to take the strong initiative in redefining security in the 21st century and producing a set of policies to achieve it.

Security in this new century will be more international; what I call the security of the global commons. And it will require multi-national collaboration on non-military levels. The new realities of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, failed and failing states, mass south-north migrations, the threat of pandemics, climate change, and a host of similar destabilizing realities require imaginative new international cooperation. Democrats can lead us into a new round of creative internationalism that characterized the Truman years, creating new global institutions designed to deal with these realities. Perhaps most of all, we can be the champions of nuclear disarmament while endorsing innovations in our conventional forces.

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