"Tough and Smart"
I just saw an advertisement for John Kerry where he wisely says:
To win the war on terror, we must be tough and smart
Oh wow -- THAT's all we need to do? Why hasn't he shared this earlier, this is THE KEY? Tough. . .AND Smart? Of course that's the secret formula. And here we all thought you were supposed to be weak and stupid.
Oh wait. . . but what does that mean? He kind of elucidates on it a bit saying (working from memory here):
We must rebuild the alliances that have been broken so we can find the terrorists before they attack
And then he says something about building firehouses in Baghdad but not in America (what in the world does that have to do with terrorism?) and then proudly declares that he approved this message.
Giving him the benefit of the doubt, perhaps he was a little jetlagged when he approved this message. What is the message? Think it through, Mr. Kerry, it makes no sense. The tough and smart solution is no solution at all -- just fluffy rhetoric.
When you do give specifics, you talk about rebuilding international relations -- presumably the Russian, French, and German ones that were damaged by Bush's march to war in Iraq. But wait. . . we had those alliances undamaged prior to the 9/11 attacks, right? Did they help us avoid that massive loss of life? No. . . So clearly having those alliances can't be the ONLY solution to the terror problem. Yet for some reason it's the one specific that you mention. (Incidently -- it was our alliance with Russia that provided our intelligence community with a tip that Saddam and Iraq were planning terror attacks on US soil. . .)
I still can't believe that the democrats couldn't come up with a better candidate. . .
4 Comments:
In my mind, the number one priority of whoever is in ofice should be the security of the U.S. and Kerry has said nothing to make me believe he will do a better job at that than Bush. Therefore, my vote is going (at the moment) to Bush.
Kerry proposed more than once to cut our intelligence budget by $1 billion. That made him look real good on 9/11... As far as I'm concerned, the intelligence agencies can have the entire budget if that's what it takes for me to be able to safely visit the new tower they're building in New York.
One final thought: Who are the terrorists voting for?
Don't think there won't be terrorists voting. Who do they want in office?
Maybe the terrorists will cast write in votes for Bin Laden.
... I can't believe the republicans couldn't come up with a better candidate. Frankly, all politics disgust me. A bunch of rich boys playing king of the hill, and making deals with one another. Ugh. bring on reform, but please don't let it be like another Who song.. 'meet the new boss, same as the old boss.'
It really is kind of amazing that in a nation of millions, the option for our leader is down to Bush and Kerry. . . Like, can't we collectively do a little better than this?
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