Savage Mules

Americanssee the Democratic Party as the anti-war party: vacillatingflipfloppers in the eyes of conservatives; or, in the liberal view,restrained, measured wagers of war as 'œlast resort.' In November 2006,voters put the Democrats into Congress to bring an end to the Iraq war.Yet the Democrats supported the 'œsurge,' giving Bush more money than hehimself requested, and voted through the next $459.6 billion defensebudget.In this hard-hitting examination of their role in the War onTerror, political analyst and satirist Dennis Perrin shatters the mythof the reluctant-warrior Democrats. He explores Democrat collusion inthe invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq and support for Israeli assaultson Gaza and Lebanon, while revealing their overlooked appetite forplanning wars and selling them to the electorate. Compelling andbleakly humorous, Savage Mules shows a party at odds with its publicimage on this key issue in the race for the White House.Perrin, Dennis is the author of 'Savage Mules', published 2008 under ISBN 9781844672653 and ISBN 1844672654.