I'd rather not be at war.
I diagree with almost everything Republicans do, so I don't think I can objectively answer that question. Also, I don't feel like I've experienced enough of those wars in the capacity that I could fully comprehend what was going on. I was in 6th grade during Desert Storm, so I don't really remember feeling safe or not...or even really remembering that I fully understood what was going on and what all the issues were. I would have to say I would prefer to have a Dem. in office ANYTIME, especially during wartime.
Yes, I would have felt a lot safer after 9-11 if a Democrat was in office because I believe they would have handled it in a different way than Bush did. I don't feel any safer...so we have a color-code now that everyone ignores because it's always being raised. How is that supposed to make me feel safe? And how did going after Sadaam punish Osama for 9-11? I don't know what a Dem. would have done, or that I would feel any safer, but I know that I don't feel safe under current leadership. Lord only knows when and what "intelligence" we'll get and they'll go blow up another country and be at war again.
But I do have to agree with the previous posters that it's the person and not the party that counts. There are liberal Republicans and there are conservative Democrats.