Democrats continue to caucus and quarrel on Capitol Hill in their untidy hunt for an elusive alternative that would be both intellectually responsible and politically preferable to President Bush's disastrous Iraq policy. The search is over. The answer is simple. What this divided and dispirited nation needs — forget the Democrats who might get some credit for rediscovering it — is a national recommitment to the Powell Doctrine.

Colin Powell, after two tours of duty in Viet ...

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