I find it hard to believe that you have not gotten an answer. If you are like our “Liberal Media” you have ignored the answers the liberals have given and then proclaimed that the Dems have no plan(s). The “Liberal Media” works in strange ways. If you were looking for the “Dem Plan” I have already written that the Dems don’t do “Group Think”. I will assume the former as I respond.
After 911 both Dems and Republicans were almost without exception on the same page regarding going into Afghanistan and fighting the bad guys. Bush had a 90% approval rating among all Americans. When George started rewriting the plan the Dems were vocal about making sure that we get Ben Laden and not rush into Iraq. Still, they showed solidarity and voted for the use of force in Iraq AS NECESSARY if Saddam did not allow the inspectors in. Saddam reluctantly and arguably fully complied. This was around the time when Bush said “I truly am not that concerned about him” (Bush-2002), referring to Ben Laden. But Bush was concerned about Saddam. Back then the Republican plan was to use Iraqi oil to pay for the war on terror. The Tom Daschle Democrat plan was to go after the terrorist that killed three thousand Americans while simultaneously allowing the inspectors (that Bush and the congress had forced on Saddam) to do their thing. They consistently and repeatedly stated this. With our embedded “Liberal Media” standing on the sidelines the Right viciously attacked Tom Daschle during his opposition to Bush’s apparent Iraq War plan, for his looking out for America, our young troopers and what was right. Daschle lost his bid for reelection. Almost immediately after we went into Iraq it was clear that we had done a bad thing. The Bush plan was implemented. We would run Iraq. We fired the Iraqi army and protected the oil fields. Meanwhile in a different area of the world the Democrats wanted Bush to have direct talks with North Korea. Republicans said stay the course. The result is North Korea conducted a nuke test. Democrats want Bush to have direct talks with Iran. Republicans say stay the course. The result is- stay tuned.
There were no WMDs. Arabs saw all of the false Bush statements as blatant lies by the Great Satan, designed to steal their oil. We had a problem. The Democrats plan was to show good faith, fix what we broke by bringing in more troops (and most importantly Arab participation) to restore order. We would return control of Iraq to the Iraqis. We would have elections. Rehire the army to get all of those out of work young males off the street, bring the UN in and get the World Community involved in rebuilding Iraq. They wanted to provide more support to Afghanistan. Joe Biden and John Kerry preached all of this. The Republicans plan was to start pumping Iraqi oil and according to Richard Pearle, turn Iraq into a Monarchy. We would do this on the cheep with a minimum number of troops as we were being greeted with kisses and flowers. Any country that was not with us could not participate in the lucrative rebuilding contracts. It was a simple plan. Troop levels were brought down and others were placed in safer areas in Iraq to limit American deaths as the 2004 election drew near. When that failed and as violence increased Bush stole the Democrats’ plan and half implemented it and proclaimed that Kerry wouldn’t do anything that we are not already doing. The “Liberal Media” jumped on the Right Wing “values issues” bandwagon. Kerry lost the election.
There have been so many blunders since then there may not be a victorious way out of the mess that Bush has created. The one thing that I am sure of is the simpleminded people that made the mess are not capable of attending to the now greater complexities that exist today. They are not honest enough to truthfully identify the many problems. The best scenario looking forward may be just hopefully managing the disaster so that it does not turn into a Regional or World catastrophe. Still, the Democrats have plans. Go to their web sites and get a broader view. I have given you some of the pieces of past Dem plans. If you have been paying attention to the news over the past five years you will recognize that these things did occur. I will not do all of the work for you. Seek and you shall find. I am glad that you did not try to hold your breath for I took a holiday break. Proof that the Dems do have plans is the Republicans and some in the “Liberal Media” relabeled all of them “cut and run” plans. I’m sure you’ve heard of those plans.

Banned but not out.

The dems have a variety of plans to protect us from terrorist attacks? For five years I’ve asked my liberal friends to tell me what the dem plan is. I’ve recieved no answer.

The Pentagon plane flew so low over my head on 9/11 I could read American on the side of the plane, so PLEASE, take this opportunity to tell me what the dem plan is to defeat the terorists. Forgive me while I don’t hold my breath until you “reach consensus.”

I’m a regular reader here, and I’ll be back.

If I am part of the solution then I am obviously…

banned and out!

Your relentless partisanship is tiring. Your insulting tone makes me want to puke.

The comment is deleted and you are banned…AND OUT!

Your comment was deleted for being non germane and incoherent to boot.

My patience wears thin…

What the hell are you responding to? Did you even read the article before this rant of yours? You just want to play politics all the time, and create every bizarre conclusion within that construct. Go and paste this dribble at some other location where other BDS junkies like you can all get off on it. It’s really sad that you can’t even get, much less stay, on topic for one brief moment. That’s why nobody listens to you.

Banned but not out.

What I will be watching as close as I can is how the MSM starts spinning all of these events as they unfold. Do you think they will ever admit their ignorance to what’s really happening over there as you so succinctly laid out? Thanks, and keep up the good work.

Stuck in LA-LA land…