At least some of Bush's expenditures can be credited to effective damage control since the public remains remarkably sanguine despite the disasters he has caused. What Kerry is spending his money on is far less clear. Given the opportunity to dismantle a truly despicable and incompetent regime, he largely argues that he would do it much the same way but more effectively.
Unfortunately, what appears to be driving Kerry is a political cowardice dramatically at odds with the military heroism he chronically infers. If the latter is justified then the descent to the former is without parallel.
Kerry has, for example, pronounced his support of one of the most dangerous men in the world, Ariel Sharon. Kerry's promises to Sharon, when combined with Bush's policies, comprise the deadliest imaginable invitation for another major attack on U.S. soil. To those who hate us it really doesn't matter who wins.
But to stand up to Sharon would take courage and Kerry is running scared, witness his vague positions on Iraq as well as his silence on Bush's destructive education program, the Patriot Act and numerous other offenses of the incumbent regime.
Sam Smith/Undernews Jul.18.04
