Don’t miss Paul Berman’s phenomenal op-ed in the Times today. It echoes, though with far more eloquence and credibility (since he is a man of the left) what I was urging last Sunday. It is the Democrats who must now come forward and make a deeper, important, liberal case for continuing this war and getting it right – especially in Iraq. This is far more important than scoring petty domestic points. Kerry has made a tentative start. He should hire Berman as an adviser and possible speech-writer. Now is the Democrats’ opportunity to re-establish their foreign policy credentials, go to Europe to explain why this is too important a matter to be reduced to Bush-hatred. Where are you, Senator Clinton? Your country – and the people of Iraq – need you now.
MEMO TO OSAMA: Re: the “truce.” Go fuck yourself.
The Dish 