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Jimmy Carter Wannabe
Remember John Kerry? He was the haughty, French-looking Massachusetts Democrat who by the way served in Vietnam, and last year he came somewhat close to almost being elected president. Now Kerry seems to be following in the footsteps of the worst recent ex-president, Jimmy Carter, traveling the world and bad-mouthing American foreign policy.

Kerry "Wednesday said in Egypt that Arab countries are frustrated by U.S. policies in Iraq," United Press International reports:

Speaking after talks with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Kerry said he noticed during his Middle East tour most countries were unhappy with the poor U.S. efforts to end the violence that has been raging for 21 months in Iraq. . . .

Kerry also accused the Bush administration of negligence in planning the post-Saddam Hussein phase, which allowed the rise of terrorism in Iraq.

The Arabic News adds that in a meeting with Egypt's Prime Minister Ahmed Nazif, "Kerry admitted that the US committed terrible mistakes in Iraq." "Admitted"? Bellyaching about America's supposed mistakes in Iraq was the central theme of Kerry's presidential campaign, which the American people rejected, in part because he didn't have anything to say that went beyond bellyaching.

The Associated Press reports that Kerry, who in addition to looking French "has relatives in France and speaks French," is meeting today with France's President Jacques Chirac, who though a formal ally has been a consistent adversary of U.S. interests. We can breathe a sigh of relief that President Bush, and not Kerry, is to be inaugurated next week. Can you imagine the president of the United States meeting with Jacques Chirac?

One of the reasons that the "Arabs" are discontent is that Iraq is a 'melting pot' of the middle east. Many Iraqi are not "Arabs,"... they, as the Iranians, consider themselves "Persians." In effect, the coming elections will, by numbers, favor the Persians (Shi'ites) and disfavor the Arabs (Sunni).
The Middle Eastern people are "Oh, so tolerant." How the PC crowd that Kerry purports to represent, embraces the intolerant Islam, is the core of their hypocrisy. In the end, it depends on just whose ox is being gored.

"Imagine President Bush meeting President Chirac"???? Where have you been? Chirac was the first foreign leader to jump on a plane to visit the US after 9/11 and offer support (well before Tony Blair). Chirac and Bush continue to meet, even after the invasion of Iraq (G8, 60 years after D-Day etc.) It must, indeed, be very difficult to imagine something that happens all the time.