Biden at the Barricades
His basic argument is that the only way to defend democracy is to extend democracy.
“You are either with us, or with the terrorists.”
That’s how President George W. Bush framed the challenge just after 9/11. Bush went on to make some terrible decisions, including to invade a country—Iraq—that had nothing to do with the terrorist attack on the United States. But at the time, the clarity of those words was bracing.
Now, 21 years later, Pre…