The Democrats and the French have much in common. For one, they are both quitters. Their answer to everything is "get out" or "diplomacy". You are asking for a butt whippin when you pull up your skirt and run. If Kerry were Prez, he'd be tellin old Jacque to give the rioters half of France and Jimmy Carter would be praying not to be hurt.
The dems and the frenchie french are unfortunately cut from the same mold now a days. And it's a yellow mold with a stripe down the back, and a white flag in the right hand, instead of a big stick. If kerry was President I wouldn't be a bit surprised if we already had 50,000 or more troops pulled out, and then we could see the REAL collapse of Iraq, as terrorists and hussein radicals take over the country, then kerry could do to a country what was done to Vietnam when we left there and Saigon fell. THANK GOD that is not the case. Iraq is a war that is being won, and the Iraqi people WILL have a free democratic society, which will prove like in Afghanistan, people are people, regardless of race or religion and democracies and real constitutions WILL succeed in ANY NATION that has them, because ALL people, if given the choice, WILL CHOOSE FREEDOM over tyranny and dictatorial rule or despotism. It is being done in Afghanistan, and now in Iraq. It worked in South Korea, and Germany and Japan. If grown ups had been in charge of Vietnam, letting the military fight the war with both hands, not one hand, if DC approved of what they were doing, it would have worked there too. That's 5 of 6 in my book. Not to mention the fact that in the history of the world, not a single real democracy has EVER been overthrown, EVER. And no democracy has EVER declared war on another democracy. Those are two historical facts that make it even more imperative to spread freedom and democracy. And if we have to use the military to nudge nations like iran and syria and north korea then sobeit. Someday, though there will be a lot of blood spilled to make it so, China will be a democracy as well. It's only a matter of time. NO one wants to be ruled over by an iron fist. EVERYONE wants to be free with a say in thair life, and a say in what their nation is doing. That's an undeniable fact. And it only happens with democracy.