I'll bet Jeremiah Denton would vote for John Kerry before he ever joined Richard Gere in criticizing the Russian government for its crackdown on Chechen terrorists.
The issue isn't the war on terror -- it's the "war on terror" as defined by the so-called "neo-conservatives." People like Richard Perle and William Kristol can't even render a credible position on this matter, since they were both such ardent supporters of the Clinton administration when it sided with Islamic radicals in Kosovo against Slobodan Milosevic.
I'll bet Jeremiah Denton would vote for John Kerry before he ever joined Richard Gere in criticizing the Russian government for its crackdown on Chechen terrorists. I doubt that Perle criticized Putin for going after the real Chechen terrorists. More likely he criticized Putin for slaughtering many thousands of Chechen's who weren't terrorists.
About Denton and the chances he would vote for Kerry, I'll let Denton's words speak for themselves;
Jeremiah Denton Mobile (Alabama) Register | March 10, 2004: To me, his remarks and behavior amounted to giving aid and comfort to our Vietnamese and Soviet enemies. So I was not surprised when his subsequent overall voting pattern in the Senate was consistently detrimental to our national security. Considering his demonstrated popularity during the Democratic primaries, I earnestly hope the American people will soberly consider Kerry's qualifications for the pres idency in light of his position and record on both our cultural war at home and on national security issues. To put it bluntly, John Kerry exemplifies the very reasons that I switched to the Republican Party.
...People like Richard Perle and William Kristol can't even render a credible position on this matter, since they were both such ardent supporters of the Clinton administration when it sided with Islamic radicals in Kosovo against Slobodan Milosevic.
Perle was wrong about this.