Wednesday, July 13, 2011

The Doves are Hawks and the Hawks are Doves

The New Republic Reports on an interesting observation. Members of each party seem to have flipped their positions on the use of American military power. Democrats who had been critical of Bush's aggressive activities in Iraq are now supportive of Obama's similarly aggressive activities in Libya. Republicans have reversed their positions on the military and are calling for bringing troop how when three years ago they derided such actions.

The obvious difference is which party controls the White House.