Key Votes: House Surge Edition

Posted by Freddie on February 17, 2007 under Uncategorized |

This doesn’t have much to do with the 2008 field, but it’s still important. Actually, I take that back: Dennis Kucinich voted to oppose the surge. Jake Tapper of ABC News gives us the scorecard of yesterday’s vote on the “surge” in the House of Representatives. Look at John Duncan, a Tennessee Republican, standing strong against his partisan tide.

Pre-emptive military foreign policy has not historically been a part of the conservative movement, which is why we often hear the term “neoconservative” associated with many intellectuals and administration officials associated with supporting Bush. Based on what neoconservativism has bought us (with a price tag of $1 trillion), I’d be happier with a dose of good old fashioned conservatism in American foreign policy. Strengthening the foundations of global democracy does not mean being completely isolationist; but it means being a little less trigger happy.