The Democrats are so politically crass and o desperate they seem incapable of controlling their actions – even when the stakes are the lives of thousands or millions of people. Recall in the run up to Iraq Bush was a ‘unilaterist’ and did not engage the ‘International Community’(April 2004):

John Kerry aimed a new volley of criticism at President Bush’s handling of the situation in Iraq on Saturday, saying Bush’s failure to “internationalize” the conflict has made America less safe and cost it credibility and momentum.

“Our stubborn, unilateral policy in Iraq has steadily drifted — from tragedy to tragedy,” the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee said in his party’s weekly radio address.

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Kerry called for removing the “Made in America” label from the Iraqi operation by creating an international mission authorized by the United Nations…

Of course, John Kerry was being a crass opportunist, who showed his resolve by voting against the war before voting for it (or was that the other way around?). But now the stakes are a martydom mad Islamo fascist state obtaining nuclear weapons and promising Israel will be wiped off the face of the earth by a single storm. So, what is the Democrat proposal to this danger?

Demagoguery and crass partisan spin, of course. Notice the complete inconsistency in Harry Reid’s gripes only 2 years since the Democrat policy was international engagement:

The Bush administration is relying too heavily on other countries in the international effort to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons, according to Sen. Harry Reid.

Reid, D-Nev., said the administration should be taking the lead, but instead is relying on Germany, France and Great Britain to convince Iran to end its uranium enrichment program.

“It is hard to comprehend,” Reid said Tuesday in Reno. “We should be involved at trying to arrive at a diplomatic solution. … Not just these three countries.”

That is the perfect example of political opportunism. Reid assumes we are not involved! I guess all of Condi Rice’s and President Bush’s comments and meetings were on other subjects recently? Reid is a low life moron. Israel’s very existence is being threatened and Reid attacks the US.

Why does the Jewish vote in this country still mindlessly support the Democrats, who are anti-Israel and demonstrate much more anti semitism? Why does anyone even listen to the Nero-like Reid as he spins his lame propaganda in the face of a truly global danger?

Update: Michelle Malkin has a great take on Reid’s blunder here.