America's foreign policy murders people (even before George W. Bush took office)

What a historic opportunity Jeremiah Wright gave liberals. Forget all the nonsense about AIDS, what liberals were scared of was his remarks on foreign policy. His point, mainly that terrorism begets terrorism, is obvious and hardly controversial to many across the world. But to most U.S. liberals, comments like that sound soft on security, or like "blaming America first," things they've convinced themselves is political suicide. Instead of asking the tough questions about our foreign policy, questions that go beyond Iraq and the myth the U.S. was a force for good before Bush took office, liberals largely chose to say "good riddance" to the crazy Reverend that refused to believe in American exceptionalism. It was no surprise that Barack Obama, the supposed candidate of change, wouldn't use this opportunity to question the status quo. After all, Obama admittedly admires the first Bush's foreign policy and has been quick to posture himself just as anti-Palestinian as the other candidates. I had, however, thought that there might be a few brand name progressives that would entertain the idea that Wright's foreign policy criticisms were at least worth discussing. Boy was I wrong!

Really though, what should I expect from progressives/liberals. I mean, they won't even vote for the only real progressive running for president. Actually, they try like hell to make sure he isn't even on the ballot. Democrats don't deserve to win the presidency. I can't figure out if that's a good or bad thing.