No, what he said was an oxymoron. Orwellian doublespeak. Whatever you want to call it. He got two soundbytes out of it "I reserve the right to take preemptive military action" for moderates and "I will only use military force if it passes the global test" for all the liberals". And this is obvious by their latest campaig ncommercial where they only show the quote about preemptive action, yet cut off the three words that IMMEDIATELY follow: "The Global Test."
I still would like to know exactly what the "global test" is.
But you are right that there is a lot of winking and nudging going on here, as in his purported opposition to gay marriage. Anybody in his right mind knows that Kerry and the Democrats would never put up more than a token resistance to it.
I still would like to know exactly what the "global test" is.
But you are right that there is a lot of winking and nudging going on here, as in his purported opposition to gay marriage. Anybody in his right mind knows that Kerry and the Democrats would never put up more than a token resistance to it.