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Entry: The Dream team Link: http://www.takimag.com/blogs/article/the_dream_team#16705 Post contents: In admonishing "Let's bring on the crisis of the regime as soon as we can," by voting for the most disruptive democrat, Paul seems to be advocating an "After Hillary Comes Us" strategy. (For those of you who have read about the German communist party's overly optimistic view of defeating the Nazis, you'll recognize the genealogy of my paraphrase. But I am not literally comparing Clinton to Hitler; it's just that the slogan has a ring to it.) While there is merit in this strategy, I am concerned that a Democratic restoration would be brief. The party faces a terrible dilemma: if they stay in Iraq, they will divide their party base and the war will become their war (just as Nixon was blamed for the Vietnam War in the Watergate period, even though the war was a creation of the Democrats.) However, if the Dems withdraw from Iraq, get ready for a neocon-GOP revival. The Republicans can always blame a weak-kneed liberal (especially a female president) for not having the cajones to fight the forces of evil there. President Obama could also be attacked for appeasement, based on his monumental lack of experience. As awful as a McCain candidacy would be, it would forever tar the GOP-neocons with failure, just as Vietnam destroyed the other party of the ruling class. Give the neocons enough rope to hang themselves! Perhaps a 3rd party might emerge from the rubble in 4 years. Sent at: 2008 10 13