The American Spectator

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RET writes: "They began to use race, and gender too for that matter, as the means by which they could get elected. In so doing, they came to need racially indignant constituencies, and now the Democrats are at each others' throats over race and gender. Welcome to the world of identity politics."

p>It gets even better (or worse, depending on your point of view). Republicans have been lectured to soften their border control stance, lest the Hispanic vote be lost. Now the secret is out. Republicans can lock the border, throw away the key, and still win the Hispanic vote -- as long as the Democrats nominate an African-American! br> -- Dan Martin br> Pittsburgh /p> p> FALSE FRONTS br> Re: John Samples's Against a Common Purpose : /p>

If, as John Samples has made the case, Iraq is "not a war for our national survival," then, by the same logic, neither is Afghanistan or by extension, any other war that takes place outside of America. Maybe he and other myopic Americans believe that -- but the terrorists sure don't. And neither does Iran.

p>Every war has its "fronts." Better Iraq and Afghanistan -- than Washington, D.C. and Lower Manhattan. br> --

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