Feingold partially blames Democrats for Bush's foreign policy U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold speaks at a news conference September 23, 2002 (AP file photo). News-Chronicle CLINTONVILLE, Wis. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Russ Feingold blames his fellow Democrats in part for a national foreign policy he says could spawn a series of foreign wars. Feingold, D-Wis., told 35 people at his annual Waupaca County listening session Thursday that lawmakers fearful of damaging their re-election chances remained silent last fall despite their concerns about President Bush's foreign policy. Bush's pre-emptive strike doctrine holds that the United States has an inherent right to attack any state posing an active threat to U.S. security. Larry Craig, a Vietnam War veteran and member of a group called Waupaca People for Peace, asked Feingold why war opponents should continue to support Democrats. Feingold, who was among a minority of lawmakers who opposed the war in Iraq before it began, said he expects loud political resistance to any further American-led attacks. "I think most Americans are uncomfortable with the doctrine behind" the Iraq war, he said.