July 30, 2004
BRING CABANA BOY HOME:
The World According to Kerry: His foreign-policy goals aren't radically different from Bush's, but his plans for achieving them differ considerably (Stan Crock, 7/29/04, Business Week)
When Senator John Kerry and Richard C. Holbrooke chat about foreign policy, Iraq and Afghanistan predictably top the agenda. But Holbrooke, an investment banker, ex-diplomat, and now a Kerry adviser, says their talk often turns to another topic that's seared into their consciousness: Vietnam. In the 1960s, Kerry was a young U.S. Navy officer there, and Holbrooke was a rising star in the Foreign Service posted to Saigon. The conflict was a crucible that forged both men's worldviews -- an experience that can't help but color Kerry's foreign policy if he wins in November.
Here's my personal pledge: I'm going to wear one of those silver POW/MIA bracelets with John Kerry's name on it until Vietnam lets him go. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 30, 2004 1:36 PM
heh heh.
McCain, Denton, Cunningham, Cleland & Bob Kerrey seem at peace with their service. Only Kerry seems profoundly conflicted.
Could it be because he went medal-hunting to garner the cachet that would allow him to discredit the cause for which the medals were awarded in the first place?
Sometimes 'nuance' means 'a deal with the Devil'.
Posted by: Noel at July 30, 2004 2:18 PMIt reminds me of a line from a Robert Frost poem: "two roads diverge in a yellow wood,"
Perhaps when he came to the fork in the road when he was a young man he chose the wrong path. Might he now be suffering regret? At his age it is common to begin tabulating the butcher's bill.
Maybe not, power seekers tend to have very short memories in these areas.
Posted by: Pilgrim at July 30, 2004 6:14 PM