John Kerry is a tad bit wary of taking on Bush concerning Iraq, partially because he voted for use of force back in 2002. However, if Kerry wants to gain points with moderates and Independents, he might talk about how this nation went from a shining beacon of hope to an international pariah.
Remember when the French leftist newspaper Le Monde said after September 11th that "We're all Americans Now?" There was an outpouring of support from around the world for the United States. Bush could have capitalized on that and created a strong coalition that could have taken on Al Queda. He could have even used that clout to pressure Iraq if need be. Instead, he chose to focus on invading Iraq even though there was no evidence it was necessary and he ignored and derided long-time allies. Now, we are hated around the world with people now calling us murderers.
This is arrogance is having its effects. We are now losing control of Iraq and the rest of the world is not rushing to help us out. God forbid there is another 9/11-style attack in the US, but if it happens, I doubt we will get much sympathy.
Kerry needs to talk about how Bush has messed up and why we need to go back to the more cooperative approach that was the policy of most post-World War II presidents from both parties. Do that and you will see more moderates and independents come to his side.
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Posted by: tatou at September 28, 2005 09:23 AMI just stumbled onto your site from Governor Dean's new site, Democracy for America, and I must say that I thoroughly enjoy reading everything you have to post, and I totally agree with what you're posting. I am a 21-year-old college student studying Political Science, an independent, and I have to say that I would be voting Republican more often if it weren't for Bush and his supporters. He is taking our country in the wrong direction and is totally dividing even his own party. The Republican party is not a centrist party currently and that is very unfortunate considering I agree with a lot of their issues economically (in principle, their actions are a differnt matter).
Bush has gotten himself into such a huge mess over Iraq, and anyone who knows anything about the cultures and situations in other countries would know that though the war would be easy part, maintaining stability in such an unstable region presents a challenge that no country can face alone, socially and especially economically. Iraq could cost us close to $1 trillion over the next few years and that fiscal irresponsiblity deeply disturbs me. We have problems here at home that we need to deal with: education, crumbling infrastructure, homeland security, etc.
Many Bush supporters seem to think that Bush can relate to the common American. It's funny that he is actually more out of touch with his people than even Senator Kerry is. Talk about hypocracy.
The Republican party in its current form offers me no reason to vote for them, and it seems that Democrats are the ones now that are actually closest to center.
I believe in the stability of the two-party system of government, but the GOP needs to steer back in the right direction if it is going to be around much longer at anywhere near its current strength.