by Oliver North
To listen to John Kerry explain his position(s) on Iraq is to submit oneself to mental torture. - Kerry explained that President Bush embarked upon a grand diversion from the War on Terror -- a grand diversion that Kerry said he would continue.
- Bush, Kerry says, made a "colossal error of judgment" on Iraq -- a "colossal error of judgment" that Kerry voted to support. Kerry accused the president of alienating our allies -- i.e., the French and Germans -- only to then trash our staunchest allies in the War on Terror.
- Kerry accused Bush of having a "go-it-alone" attitude that he employed to arrogantly attack Saddam Hussein instead of allowing the United Nations to direct America's national security. His running mate, John Edwards, joined the attack during his debate with Vice President Dick Cheney, alleging that Operation Iraqi Freedom is a catastrophic failure and a military operation totally unrelated to the War on Terror.
These guys could use two front row seats at a good motivational seminar. They clearly don't understand the tenets of leadership when they change their positions as often as they do. They don't understand the effect their carping criticisms have on the troops on the ground and their families back home when they charge that Americans are dying for a mistake.
They don't understand the nature of warfare or the nature of this enemy when they suggest that the War on Terror can be neatly wrapped up in a matter of months. The United States will be engaged in a prolonged offensive against terrorists at home and abroad for many years. That offensive is, and will continue to be, fought with military, diplomatic, legal, financial, law enforcement and homeland security efforts. |