The Dem plan for waging war is to maximize the use of single syllable words, preferably anglosaxon in origin. "Tough", "smart" are good. "Robust" is good, although its getting close to the multisyllabic slope.
Its unnecessary to propose any kind of detailed plan, the DNC constituency doesn't have the attention span for it, and specifics will tend to split the base. Its enough to simply point at whatever the current administration is doing, and affirm that you would have been "tougher" or "smarter" about it, or (for full effect) "tougher and smarter" about it.
And, when cornered and forced to explain your plans, promise a "robust" response.
In other words, if the Dems take control in 06 and 08, we're screwed.