by Nicholas Beaudrot of Electoral Math
John Edwards's CFR speech is still in progress, but I wanted to highlight his World War II and Cold War jujistu. Bush defenders have tried to crown him the love child of Winston Churchill and Harry Truman, full of steely resolve and great moral clarity. But of course, Churchill and Truman understood that managing the post-war peace was just as important and winning the military conflict. Likewise, American foreign policy in the first two decades of the Cold War relied on a combination of military might and more liberal interventionist measures—student exchanges, foreign assistance, and so forth. There's no reason to cede ground on "strong foreign policy" to a bunch of Republicans who want us to hide under the covers every time the President de-classifies a two-year old conversation.
Update: TPMCafe's Election Central has the whole speech.
