What are our choices?

Will we choose to emphasize boastful rhetoric or constructive engagement abroad? Will we lash out in anger with military force, or will we pursue every reasonable avenue to avoid the terrible destruction of war? Will we “fight fire with fire,” relying on the means and techniques of our adversaries, or live and lead by the higher standard of the values we have professed? At home, will we persist in shortsighted partisanship, or will we follow a stronger vision to the deep reforms needed to secure our future? Will it be selfishness or shared sacrifice that is our rallying cry?

These are the choices before us.

Read the full speech given by General Wesley Clark, "The Real State of the Union" - here or watch it online here.

These blogs reference the speech:

Scott Shields on MyDD; Greg Priddy on TPM Cafe; Ellen Dana Nagler on The Broad View; Substance in Pulp; Paige's Page; Bruce's Ideas; Insanity Points; Quigley; Political Dogfight; Christian Conservative; Don's Blog; Brouhaha; Progressive Lyceum; Graysmoke; Bring It On!; Gjoblaag; Hootathought; Alternate Brain; Evergreen Politics; Blog and Tan; Uncommon Sense; Political Chase; Paradise Post;