Stanley Crouch says to forget the fluff and recognize that the jihadis don't care who's in the Oval Office. That may be, but don't kid yourselves that a Kerry victory this November won't be interpreted by Islamofascists as a repudiation of the Bush Doctrine. They succeeded in Spain and now have the Filipinos over a barrel. What bigger win could they score than to see the Great Satan turn on its own President?
But will America do that? Do we really have any reason to elect a man who refuses to say anything worthwhile on the subject of the War for Iraq? As Crouch asks:
What we need to know from Mr. Kerry and Mr. Edwards is what kind of a war strategy they have and what it would do to give us a better chance to defeat these enemies who do not go on vacations, follow elections or respond to polls. What, exactly, do these two men propose to keep our shores safe and to handle the troubles we are faced with in Iraq as well as with the growing body of jihadists?
That is the most important question on which to base our choice, but one that the Kerrion will not answer. Instead, they have rationalized Kerry's lack of ideas by calling him a "stealth candidate." The strategy of such is to neither say nor do anything that might resemble an actual conviction. Just plod along and wait to capitalize on Bush's mistakes.
The only problem with that strategy from Kerry's perspective is that we have achieved great goals in Iraq. Thus, he and his [supporters] must work feverishly to emphasize and obsess over the mistakes we have made and omit as often as possible any mention of our successes there. With that, the Democrats and their whores in Big Media hope to create the impression that we are somehow on the brink of military and diplomatic disaster ---and that Kerry represents some sort of "alternative." But he doesn't; he's just not Bush ---which is good enough for people who think a traitor like Michael Moore is someone worth listening to.
Give us some details, Senator. And don't pretend that the French and Germans are suddenly going to change their whole foreign policy just because you might get elected. Only an egomaniac like Bill Clinton could say that and get away with it.