LINKS: I'm not going to make any grand claim about having a solution for the current situation in Iraq (except wait and see what happens, which has pretty much been my constant refrain); I'm pretty sure, though, that you don't make things better by making them worse, for example, by saying that you're not going to hold elections when you say you're going to hold them. I mean, what sort of world are we in when the Republican is arguing that the democratic process has to push forward, though the sledding may be rough in the interim, and the Democrat is arguing that the democratic process needs to be pushed aside in favor security concerns (why not just appoint someone to take care of all the security issues, then? Well, sure, that looks a lot like appointing a dictator, but that is the sort of end-result towards which Kerry is meandering at the moment, is it not?)?
Eric the Unread:
"Out of power though, the Democrats have taken the easy and tempting road, avoiding facing-up to threats and playing games over Iraq. Visceral loathing of Bush, has led to an inability to focus on the issue with clarity."
Which does sort of remind me of the comment Michael Walzer made in "Can There Be a Decent Left?" about how it's not just that left politics nowadays tend toward the irresponsible, it's that they can't even concieve of what the responsibilities of power might entail. I'll give Kerry the benefit of the doubt and assume he just hasn't thought through the consequences of his positions on this issue; were I to attribute intentionality to him, I couldn't even manage a modicum of respect for him.
American Future catches Mr. Kerry in another outrageous moment.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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