August 13, 2004

LEFT ISOLATION:

Faith vs. Reason (Eleanor Clift, Aug. 13, 2004 , Newsweek)

John Kerry disappointed a lot of Democrats when he said that he would have voted for the resolution that gave George W. Bush the authority to invade Iraq even had Kerry known then what he knows now—that Iraq had no weapons of mass destruction and no ties to Al Qaeda. What then would be the grounds for war? That Saddam Hussein was a despicable human being?

Yes.

Posted by Orrin Judd at August 13, 2004 10:29 PM
Comments

Surprising the old harridan doesn't take issue with the "Saddam was a despicable human being" thesis.

Posted by: Matt Murphy at August 13, 2004 11:47 PM

How could Sen. Kerry know now that Iraq had no ties to Al Qaida, when in fact Iraq did have such ties?

Posted by: George at August 14, 2004 12:23 AM

Ms. Clift goes on to write: Kerry says he would have taken more time to let the inspectors finish their work, which may have made war moot, and to assemble a broader international coalition in the spirit of Bush I.

That would be the same Gulf War I which Kerry opposed at the time but would have emulated in the most recent case? So I suppose that if Kerry were to be elected, and if Iran or North Korea in his estimation need taken care of, that he'll then act in the spirit of GWB.

Posted by: MB at August 14, 2004 1:24 AM

To the Editor:

Re "Kerry Says His Vote on Iraq Would Be the Same Today" (news article, Aug. 10):

As a strong supporter of John Kerry, I felt my heart sink when I read that he would still have voted to authorize the war, even given what he knows now. He missed a perfect opportunity to say, quite simply, yes, I voted for it then, based on information that President Bush supplied, but when this information proved to be false, I realized that I had made a mistake.

Admitting to a mistake can be an act of courage, as when Mr. Kerry denounced the Vietnam War, which he had fought in, when that war proved to be a mistake.

Admitting error is a kind of courage our president seems incapable of.

Sanford Gifford
Cambridge, Mass., Aug. 10, 2004

Posted by: Robert Schwartz at August 14, 2004 1:49 AM

"Old harridan' is far too polite. Eleanor would have loved to feed Saddam grapes (and perhaps more) in exchange for an exclusive.

Posted by: jim hamlen at August 14, 2004 10:18 AM

Saddam had to go becuase Saddam was our enemy. He is also one of the most evil men ever.

Posted by: Mike at August 14, 2004 2:01 PM
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