In response to this near tragedy, Democrats have a good opportunity to totally reframe the issue of national defense. We need to get away from the "strong or weak" frame which they have used so effectively. We have to say that that accusation is silly, we all want to have a strong defense for our nation.
The question that we need to ask is, who's making the right decisions. and who's wreally screwing up? Who's smart and who's, um, stupid? Which party has made a long string of wrong decisions on defense the last 5 years that has left us weaker than we were under Clinton? (a list can be made ad nauseam)
This is not a left or right frame. It's a common sense frame. Who's made the best decisions on defense the last 10 or more years?
Let's get out of this strong or weak box and recast the entire debate on another ground that makes more sense and that benefits us.
I've got to stop, I'm having a dizzy spell and can hardly see what I'm doing.