Gregory Markle at American Realpolitik makes one of those dead obvious points that for whatever reason you usually just don't think of. I'm so impressed. I think Gregory is just plain smarter than I am. Anyway, now that I'm done fawning, here's his obvious point:
... sometimes it amazes me how unabashedly transparent Kerry is...take for instance his stance on the coalition in Iraq. He has categorized them in the past as "the coalition of the coerced and bribed"...but what would he have done differently?
> If the president had shown the patience to go through another round of resolution, to sit down with those leaders, say, "What do you need, what do you need now, how much more will it take to get you to join us?" we'd be in a stronger place today.
So, in a nutshell, Kerry's solution to legitimizing "the coalition of the coerced and bribed" would have been - you got it - more coercion and bribery.
Wow. Make sure you read the whole thing.
Wednesday, October 6, 2004
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