July 13, 2004
IT'S ALWAYS THE 70s ON THE LEFT:
Kerry-Edwards Stonewall (LA Times, July 13, 2004)
If not murder, John F. Kerry and John Edwards have accused President Bush of something close to criminally negligent homicide in Iraq. "They were wrong and soldiers died because they were wrong," Kerry said of the Bush administration over the weekend.This is strong language, but not unjustified. Last week's Senate Intelligence Committee report adds to the pile of studies and reportage that has undermined the key reasons Bush gave for going to war: Saddam Hussein's imperial designs, links between Iraq and Al Qaeda, weapons of mass destruction and so on.
The trouble is, both Sens. Kerry and Edwards voted yes on the resolution authorizing the war in Iraq. And now they refuse to say whether they would have supported the resolution if they had known what they know today. Both say they can't be bothered with "hypothetical questions."
But whether it is a hypothetical question depends on how you phrase it. Do they regret these votes? Were their votes a mistake? These are not hypothetical questions. And they are questions the Democratic candidates for president and vice president cannot duck if they wish to attack Bush on Iraq in such morally charged language.
Well, Senator Kerry says he committed war crimes in Vietnam, why not murder in Iraq? If this is what the Democrats mean by sharing the values of the American people they're even more deranged than we assume. Posted by Orrin Judd at July 13, 2004 10:05 AM
Senator Kerry believes that the constitution prevents him from voting in favor -- in fact, not voting against -- abortion because his religion tells him that life begins at conception. I don't see how, with a straight face, we can make any logical objection to any other position he takes.
Posted by: David Cohen at July 13, 2004 11:30 AMOK, let's try that again:
Senator Kerry believes that the First Amendment prevents him from voting in favor -- in fact, compels him to vote against -- limits on abortion because his religion tells him that life begins at conception. I don't see how, with a straight face, we can make any logical objection to any other position he takes.
Posted by: David Cohen at July 13, 2004 11:32 AMOh, geez. And the Senate report "undermines" the basis for the war. I suppose it does do that, if you ignore all the parts of the report that tend to vindicate a decision to go to war in Iraq.
Posted by: Twn at July 13, 2004 12:25 PMIf perverse (insane?) times demand senseless (insane?) answers, then Kerry/Edwards might just be the ticket.
Seems to me that this is the real question in November. Viz. do the American people (i.e., most of them) still have their feet on the ground?
P.S. Off-topic (maybe not):
http://www.secularislam.org/articles/khawaja20.htm