The Democrat Foreign Policy Platform: Don’t Believe Your Own Eyes

True to form, the Democratic Party’s 2024 foreign policy platform is as full of historical revisionism as one would predict.

Its contents range from artful dodging to outright untruths. Most importantly, the platform is divorced from the actual Biden-Harris foreign policy record of the last four years.

The most blatant omissions are on Afghanistan, found in a section absurdly titled “Leading with Diplomacy and American Values.” The platform gives a single cursory mention to the withdrawal, stating that the White House “ended America’s longest war” and led the “largest resettlement effort since the Vietnam War.” That’s certainly one way to describe a humiliating retreat that left Americans trapped behind enemy lines, killed 13 military heroes, ignored clear intelligence warnings, and unleashed a historic humanitarian disaster. A subsequent section touts the Biden-Harris administration as a “strong advocate for the rights and opportunities of women and girls.” Did they already forget about the millions of women and girls they relegated to Taliban rule?

The platform’s discussion of Iran is Orwellian, touting the administration’s “aggressive diplomacy” to “defend against Iran.” In other words: relentless appeasement, unchecked attacks on troops and diplomats, ransom payments, and billions in sanctions relief for the leading state sponsor of terrorism. No U.S. presidency has done more to enrich and embolden the regime, and it’s not even close.

Then comes Russia. The platform argues Democrats have successfully helped Kyiv “defend its territory.” Don’t they know Russia murdered its way through Ukraine under its watch? We all remember how Biden and Harris set the stage for Putin’s invasion with the “minor incursion” gaffe, repeated weapons delays, desperate diplomacy, and their refusal to sanction the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.

The Middle East section does its best to be all things to all people, paying rhetorical lip service to Israel while nodding to Palestinian grievances. Most incredibly, the platform touts Democrats’ supposed defense of Israel at the United Nations. Is that what they meant by restoring funding for UNRWA’s terrorism, legitimizing the anti-Semitic Human Rights Council, and letting anti-Israel resolutions pass in the Security Council?

To no surprise, the platform also avoids a clear stance on deterring the Chinese Communist Party. Instead, it discusses the need to “manage” our “most consequential strategic competitor,” avert “a costly spiral to conflict,” and “identify new areas where the United States and China may be able to work together.” Forget a theory of victory — we all know this is a euphemism for accommodation and appeasing the CCP. And to remove any wonder as to whether Democrats view the PRC as America’s top security threat, the platform also clarifies that “there is nothing more important than addressing the climate crisis.”

Is it even worth discussing its absurd border claims? The platform outrageously claims the White House took “decisive action to secure our border” and “decreased illegal border crossings.” Even progressives know this is a farce. Biden and Kamala willfully abetted illegal immigration and fueled border chaos.

Regarding Latin America, the platform argues the Biden-Harris Administration “strengthened ties with key allies across the Hemisphere.” But their only new friends seem to be Left-wing authoritarians like the FARC (delisted as a Foreign Terrorist Organization by the Blinken State Department) and Maduro, who has enjoyed sweeping sanctions relief, freed relatives, and political cover for his sham election.

The platform also boasts of “historic investments” in military capacity – quite a claim from a White House that sought to cut the Pentagon’s buying power. The Biden-Harris Administration has made our military budget its smallest since World War II. And lest we forget, Kamala has even acknowledged that she “unequivocally agree[s]” with the goal of reducing the defense budget.

Americans should be outraged at these distortions, which neglect the war and chaos that have spread across nearly every theater under Biden and Harris. Our national security is clearly weaker under their leadership. Americans know we are less safe and that Kamala would only accelerate the foreign policy failures of the Biden presidency.

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Morgan Ortagus is the Founder of POLARIS National Security and host of “The Morgan Ortagus Show” on SiriusXM. During the Trump Administration, she served at the Department of State as the Spokeswoman for the United States of America.

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