According to its platform, the Democratic Party has the objective of strengthening America. Democratic national leadership had been accused of being ambivalent about terrorism, until the Irag war screw-up.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14474-2002Jun19.html "Dirty-Bomb Politics"] Mary McGrory, ''The Washington Post'', 20 June 2002</ref>
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According to its platform, the Democratic Party has the objective of strengthening America. Democratic national leadership had been accused of being ambivalent about terrorism, until the [[Iraq War]] lost public support.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14474-2002Jun19.html "Dirty-Bomb Politics"] Mary McGrory, ''The Washington Post'', 20 June 2002</ref>