I am dazed. I am dumbstruck. Is the man so stupid that he doesn't even realize what he has said? That he has just proposed that we go back to the passive whack-a-mole mode we were in until 9-11?
And his promised swift and certain response - against WHO, exactly? This conundrum has been our problem from the beginning in this assymetric war, a conundrum that we have only begun to move beyond by taking the fight to them under the inspired and committed leadership of President Bush.
What Kerry seems to be suggesting now is that deterrence will work against death-worshiping Islamic maniacs hiding in caves and non-descript apartments dispersed all over the world - perhaps as well as it did against the former Soviet Union with its fixed populations and real national interests. What shred of evidence is there to support such a notion?
To say that this notion is delusional is way too generous to the man espousing it. In truth, it is completely and suicidally insane. What does that say about the man? Let's get the word out.
And his promised swift and certain response - against WHO, exactly? This conundrum has been our problem from the beginning in this assymetric war, a conundrum that we have only begun to move beyond by taking the fight to them under the inspired and committed leadership of President Bush.
Dead on. This will be hammered mercilessly by President Bush and VP Cheney during the coming months. People are going to realize this is a do-nothing liberal simply talking, talking, talking - just as he has on the floor of the Senate for lo these many years. He's toast.