Everyone is making a big deal of Cheney's comments on Kerry and attacks. Now, Kerry is crying foul over Hastert saying Al'Qaeda would prefer Kerry as President.
I will not tip-toe around it.
Al’Qaeda wants John Kerry elected because Kerry, like Clinton before him, has never trusted the military or known how to use it. Like Clinton, Kerry has surrounded himself with advisors who are deeply distrustful of the military culture and have devoted more time to changing that culture than harnessing that culture to fight for us. Al’Qaeda wants John Kerry to be President because it knows that when the chips are down, John Kerry's instincts are to talk and George Bush's instincts are to fight back.
1. For those keeping up with press reports, no the governments have not directly involved themselves -- except in the case of Iraq. However, in the case of Iran, media reports suggest that both governments created a permissive culture whereby they knowingly allowed private companies and government subsidized companies to play a role in the development of weapons capabilities and nuclear resources in both Iraq and Iran. Some allies, huh?
2. As Vice President Cheney pointed out, we were already attacked.
I guess those months of trying to get France et al to go along with the Iraq War certainly justify calling President Bush a "warmonger."
Posted by: Sean Hackbarth at September 19, 2004 11:32 PMKerry has many faults for Republicans to jump on. Aligning ANY candidate with a terrorist group is not something we need to do.
"John Kerry's instincts are to talk and George Bush's instincts are to fight back."
This is much like the difference between the FBI and the wild west cowboys of old: Today's police forces yell "Put down the gun! Drop the gun!" before they kill the suspect. The cowboys shoot first, think next, and ask questions later.
I'd rather have someone who MIGHT be a little timid, but at least thoughtful, in office, rather than a gung-ho warmonger.
Posted by: Andrew Quinn at September 19, 2004 02:14 PM