Pre- v. Post- 9-11 Dems

Pre- v. Post- 9-11 Dems

Retroactive hard-liners

• The pre-9/11 Democrats, as portrayed by their reaction to the work of the 9/11 Commission, are not plagued by niggling civil-liberty concerns. . . .
• The pre-9/11 Democrats don't care about planning or diplomacy. . . .
• The pre-9/11 Democrats are ethnically insensitive. . . .
• Finally, the pre-9/11 Democrats are perfectly willing to act on sketchy intelligence. . . .