America Fails the ‘Global Test’

Going on the road for business. This is being filed early. Assumes that George Bush will at least "hold his own" with John Kerry, this evening. If he doesn't do at least that, I stand corrected. (I expect better than that.)

Outstanding article, Congressman Billybob.

Good article. I hope Bush mentions that Kerry's "global test" puts our foreign policy under the control of the only nations that really were the "coerced and the bribed" with regard to Iraq. France, Russia and the U.N. all get a vote in the Kerry Doctrine, and all three were paid like cheap hookers by Saddam Hussein. Heaven help us all if our future is determined by the approval or disapproval of those bastards.

Many rethinking cost of American war

While administrative officials maintain that the ongoing war effort is not bogged down,
observers continue to question whether the American position is viable, especially now that a
main military contigent finds itself in a seemingly hopeless position.
Walled up with his bedraggled forces in Valley Forge, suffering from harsh winter conditions
with supplies dwindling, Gen. Washington is unable to advance, and rumors abound that mutiny
has been discussed among the troops, whose morale has hit an all-time low.
Some critics allege that because of horrendous strategic planning blunders, Washington has
decimated American forces and bears direct responsibility for the current pathetic condition of the
army.
Meanwhile, other voices have called for an investigation into the activities of one of
Washington’s hand-picked generals, Benedict Arnold. Reports by a high administration official on
condition of anonymity strongly suggest that Arnold may have been involved in high treason.
Washington’s troubles continue to escalate. A Philadelphia think tank, the Appeasement
Roundtable, yesterday threw doubts on the administration’s reasons for entering into war in the
first place.
While most Americans continue to believe that British measures against colonial interests led to
the current military “response,” the roundtable says in a new report that Britain actually repealed
nearly all the Townshend duties, those measures American officials cited as reasons for beginning
hostilities.
And while Americans fault the British for aggressive actions at the start of the war, polls show
that few recount that Americans preemptively attacked redcoats with garbage and snowballs
before the so-called “Boston Massacre.”
Respected Harvard analyst Charles Lee points out that the operation was flawed from the
beginning. The British, he claims, had “bent over backwards” to meet colonists’ demands, but
certain administrative officials, for private and philosophical reasons of their own, were set on
independence and simply used the “Boston Massacre” as an excuse to wage full-scale war.
“The term ‘massacre’, “ Lee says, “is a gross exaggeration in itself when you consider that the
red coats only killed three people. The British acted in good faith, but we arrogant colonialists
refused to use peaceful means to resolve conflicts.”
Lee recounts a series of administrative blunders leading to the current quagmire.
“We employed out-of-control mobs, we burned their warships without cause – the administration
has tried to paint the burning of the Gaspee as an isolated incident, committed by a few wayward
rogues. But responsibility should follow the chain of command to the top!
“The dumping of tea into Boston Harbor, labeled in smug parlance the “Boston Tea Party,” was a
horrendous insult to the British. Europeans are justified in their anger.”
Lee also sees the loss of Canada as a fiasco. Had administration officials worked hard to secure
Quebec in 1775, we might have had a 14th colony and a much stronger force against the British, he
says.
Yale military expert John Andre also believes that incompetence throughout the administration is
blatant.
“How could continental officers allow the British to destroy stockpiles of supplies and
ammunition at Concord? What blundering and oafish planning allowed such a misstep? And we
retreated from Long Island because of further miscalculations. And what about John Paul Jones?
He seemed an able naval administrator, but many are beginning to question his competence now
that his prized ship the Bonhomme Richard was allowed to sink. A committee should investigate
all of these debacles immediately.”
Andre is most concerned about mounting casualties.
“Ninety-three lost at Lexington and Concord, 400 killed near Bunker Hill, 1,500 lost on Long
Island. These are human beings! And killed for what? So Washington can mount the Fort
Ticonderoga cannon on Dorchester Heights and announce that major wartime hostilities are ended?
Now Fort Ticonderoga has been reclaimed by the British, and where is Washington? Holed up,
starving in Valley Forge. It is unquestionably time for new leadership.”
Though Washington currently seems to have widespread approval, the question remains, how
long can it last?

Aberdeen American News (June)

“The test I was talking about is a test of legitimacy — not just in the globe, but elsewhere...” Kerry offered no explanation what that word “elsewhere” referred to.

LOL!!!! You gotta be kidding me! Kerry actually said that???

If that's true, then that is the line President Bush should be jumping all over in his campaign speeches. Turning Sen. Spitball into a laughinstock would be awesome.

WW II would probably have failed the global test because like Kerry said about Iraq, it depends on the outcome...there were many rough times in that long war. If Lurch had been in charge I don't think its conceivable that he would have kept the troops there to do the job...the "global test" would have forced him to withdraw because people were too worried.

ET phone John, he has a question for you. LOL

I wish I were in your district so I could vote for you.

Kerry's "global test" puts our foreign policy under the control of the only nations that really were the "coerced and the bribed" with regard to Iraq. France, Russia and the U.N. all get a vote in the Kerry Doctrine, and all three were paid like cheap hookers by Saddam Hussein

Well said. So well said, I would like to see the President utter this exact sentence.

Well we wouldn't hear any more of that nonsense about the corruption of the UN, France & Russia if sKerry was elected by golly...

Great article. Who said "Those who do not learn from history, are destined to repeat it."? Kerry is a perfect example of someone who does not know a thing about what history teaches us.

World fails the "America Test"

RE you piece on Kerry's GLOBAL TEST."..........
He gave an exact meaning of his GLOBAL TEST some time ago - it was quoted in Te Harvard Crimson, 11 Feb 2004

thus:
Published on Wednesday, February 11, 2004
Old Crimson Interview Reveals A More Radical John Kerry
The Crimson reported Kerry called for U.N. control of troops in 1970

By ZACHARY M. SEWARD
Crimson Staff Writer
“I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”

...........................
and about the CIA - "Kerry said he wanted “to almost eliminate CIA activity."

His own words are all that are needed to know what he means by G:LOBAL TEST - turn our sovereignty over to the UN

Thanks for this info., I am saving it in case I need to refer to it in the future!

Keep it up Congressman and with a diligent public conveyance program intact, the destitute in our country that despise what we stand for and what we have accomplished will some day come to realize how good life is, how lousy it could have been, and come to realize that the "American way of life" is the most powerful in the world for one reason and one reason only, because it is a free way of life, and is worth defending and risking life to maintain.

That's after Oprah, Jerry, sKerry and Maury are deemed to be no longer the prominent figures influencing the life of most.

I love it, thanks.

Excellent!
At once expository and entertaining BUMP!

'GLOBAL TEST' is the "WHO AM I? WHY AM I HERE?" of this election
(A close second is the self-contained $87B flip-flop.)

What I am wondering: Are we witnessing here self-sabotage or simple stupidity?

THE FIRST PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE
KERRY'S "GLOBAL TEST" FOR PREEMPTION:
WHY SECURITY MOMS WILL VOTE FOR BUSH

WHY JOHN KERRY IS DANGEROUS FOR AMERICA

by Mia T, 10.01.04
BUSH: I WILL ACT PREEMPTIVELY TO PROTECT AMERICA
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KERRY: I WILL REQUIRE 'A GLOBAL TEST' TO ACT PREEMPTIVELY
(viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)

LEHRER: New question. Two minutes, Senator Kerry.
What is your position on the whole concept of preemptive war?
KERRY: The president always has the right, and always has had the right, for preemptive strike. That was a great doctrine throughout the Cold War. And it was always one of the things we argued about with respect to arms control....
But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test where your countrymen, your people understand fully why you're doing what you're doing and you can prove to the world that you did it for legitimate reasons....
LEHRER: Ninety seconds.
BUSH: Let me -- I'm not exactly sure what you mean, "passes the global test," you take preemptive action if you pass a global test.
My attitude is you take preemptive action in order to protect the American people, that you act in order to make this country secure.

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OVER HERE!

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Yep, he actually did.

It's right up there with his gaff on the 1st WTC attack; "... the first attack, in 1993 or so, followed by the second attack five, seven years later..." - for an individual who fluidly claims that his (now debunked...) trip to Cambodia was "seared... Seared, into my memory", it's appalling that his memory could not likewise be imprinted with the dates of America's two defining moments of the past decade.

CGVet58

Great essay, Congressman!

Saddam bluffed and we went ALL IN! Just like the Sons of Liberty, the Founding Fathers -- they went ALL IN!

We have sufficient evidence, I believe, that Chirac, Putin and China [?] were assuring Hussein they would block in the Secutiry Council any attempts at a UN resolution for war in Iraq, thus forcing war.

Without such assurances, Hussein likely would have taken steps to at least appear to comply with US/UN demands. The price of no war in Iraq would be leaving the brutal dictator in place fully sanctioned by his UN cronies.

History will show, IMO, that Jacques and Vlad did the world a good turn by attempting to prop up Hussein for their own selfish concerns.

The Dictator is soon to face justice in a court of law, the UN is further exposed for the corrupt den of snakes it is and a free Iraq will likely usher in a new era in the Middle East.