The liberal base seems to like "clean" wars, in the style of Clinton and Obama: occasional military actions where very few Americans die. While there is a sizab

The liberal base seems to like "clean" wars, in the style of Clinton and Obama: occasional military actions where very few Americans die. While there is a sizable anti-war segment of the Democratic party, they are in the minority, and have nowhere else to go. Patton and Carlin had it right: Americans like war (which is easy to do for those who've never been in one). They just disagree over details. Domestically, mainstream Democrats are also a little schizophrenic: they want to leave defense to the police, but they usually support restraints on police regarding profiling, due process, etc. (Those who join the police skew conservative, as authority and violence are intertwined; liberals know this instinctually, therefore feeling conflicted about depending on them.)