When Kerry first told me that Sept. 11 had not changed him, I was surprised. I assumed everyone in America -- and certainly in Washington -- had been changed by that day. I assumed he was being overly cautious, afraid of providing his opponents with yet another cheap opportunity to call him a flip-flopper. What I came to understand was that, in fact, the attacks really had not changed the way Kerry viewed or talked about terrorism -- which is exactly why he has come across, to some voters, as less of a leader than he could be. He may well have understood the threat from Al Qaeda long before the rest of us. And he may well be right, despite the ridicule from Cheney and others, when he says that a multinational, law-enforcement-like approach can be more effective in fighting terrorists. But his less lofty vision might have seemed more satisfying -- and would have been easier to talk about in a political campaign -- in a world where the twin towers still stood.
It fits in with his whole political career.
His solution to the cold war was unilateral disarmament (can anyone say "France before WWII")
His solution to terrorism is not taking the threat as a declaration of war
His solution to nuclear proliferation is:
1. giving Iran nuclear fuel, and
2.not developing our defenses against ICBM's, or our bunker buster technology.
This guy doesn't deserve to be an american. I hope the FBI still has a file active on him. WHo knows who he is in a conspiracy with this time.