"Rising crime, increasing community tension and more problems on our streets will contribute to the break-up of civil society if we donotturnback, " the council leaders warned.
Alter and Fishman clearly donot want American politicians to use the excuse of plentiful domestic oil to turn isolationist and back the country away from its role of global policeman.
This is the Democrats chance to recapture that narrative, to turn the discussion back to the dignity of the middle class, to the importance of policies that donot simply push power and capital ever upward.