As I'm sure you know, I'm pulling the lever (er...tapping the screen) for Bush.
The reason for this is that Kerry just doesn't get it. From his own statements on the campaign trail and in the debates, it's pretty clear that he places his faith in global bodies, international summits, grand alliances, and the like. He simply does not understand that that kind of thinking is what gave us a nuclear North Korea, a nuclear Pakistan, and 9/11.
I've finished reading the 9/11 Commission report, and one of the things that jumped out at me was that senior elected and appointed officials, in both Clinton's administration and in Bush's, recognized the threat posed by al Qaida and by bin Laden, but were too stuck in the traditional ways of thinking and acting to actually do anything about them. Any number of times, plans and proposals were put forth from within the CIA, the military, or the administration itself to deal with these issues, but the senior leadership was always too afraid of the possible consequences to proceed. That's how I see Kerry - he will be too afraid of upsetting his electoral base, or the UN, or the Europeans, to take bold action when called for. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past, and not elect someone who has, in essence, promised to repeat them.
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Date: 2004-10-15 03:23 pm (UTC)The reason for this is that Kerry just doesn't get it. From his own statements on the campaign trail and in the debates, it's pretty clear that he places his faith in global bodies, international summits, grand alliances, and the like. He simply does not understand that that kind of thinking is what gave us a nuclear North Korea, a nuclear Pakistan, and 9/11.
I've finished reading the 9/11 Commission report, and one of the things that jumped out at me was that senior elected and appointed officials, in both Clinton's administration and in Bush's, recognized the threat posed by al Qaida and by bin Laden, but were too stuck in the traditional ways of thinking and acting to actually do anything about them. Any number of times, plans and proposals were put forth from within the CIA, the military, or the administration itself to deal with these issues, but the senior leadership was always too afraid of the possible consequences to proceed. That's how I see Kerry - he will be too afraid of upsetting his electoral base, or the UN, or the Europeans, to take bold action when called for. We need to learn from the mistakes of the past, and not elect someone who has, in essence, promised to repeat them.