By Colonel Kenneth Allard (US Army, ret.)

....It is a classic line from a forgettable movie, a bygone era when Hollywood was joyfully even-handed. In the 1940 film Ghost Breakers, Claudette Colbert and Bob Hope are discussing zombies, those soulless, hollow-eyed creatures who blindly follow pointless orders. Hope deadpans, 'You mean like Democrats'?

Actually, yes! As part of this newspaper's convention coverage, and while trying to be equally unfair to both parties, let me invite your attention to the recently rediscovered issue of national security. And to make certain that you catch my drift, let me underline the argument presented here and repeated next week: Both parties, in their own ways and for their own less-than-noble ends, placed narrow constituency interests ahead of their overriding responsibility to provide for the common defense.

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