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Comedian Al Franken ’73, currently a fellow at the Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy, asked Brooks a question about the war which sparked a debate between the two.
“There is no foreign policy doctrine Democrats can instinctively go to for guidance. This is the fundamental problem with the Democrats,” Brooks said. “Democrats have advantage after advantage on health care and all sorts of domestic issues, but they have no...
On matters of national security—another key issue for the 2004 election—Republicans also have an advantage over Democrats, Brooks said.
Brooks took issue with Franken’s assessment of the war’s progress.
“I think you’re too negative about this war,” Brooks replied. “No army in history has taken as much care not to kill civilians and not to kill soldiers.”