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Comment author: James_Miller 21 September 2015 03:23:09PM 6 points [-]

Democrats...are more likely to favor nuclear non-proliferation

Strongly disagree. Both parties verbally oppose nuclear proliferation, but Republicans are willing to go to war to stop it (the last President Bush reasonably thought Iraq was developing nuclear weapons) whereas Democrats are not. (Clinton let North Korea get nuclear weapons and Obama has been unwilling to attack Iran's nuclear program.)

Which party is better comes down to if you most fear a WWI (where everyone acting tough caused war) or WWII (where the failure of the good guys to act tough caused war) type failure.

Comment author: ChristianKl 26 September 2015 07:08:25PM -1 points [-]

Democrats (and parties of the left) are since they're more likely to favor policies which reduce the threat of climate change

Bush did manage to get North Korea nuclear under his tenure by not engaging in dialog with the North Korean leadership the way the late administration of Clinton did.

The actual record of his actions matters more than an intention to go to war to stop nuclear weapons.

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