Kerry and Bush on Terrorism

Published on Friday, June 11, 2004 By Brad Wardell In Current Events

A reader writes:

And would you agree with a prevailing opinion (and not just from Democrats) that America's higher moral position has been eroded under the Bush presidency - circa WMD, acting without more European/World support, prisoner abuse scandal, etc. Seems like to me John Kerry would have to shave his head and proclaim himself surpreme leader of the white race to do more damage internationally than Bush has. Sorry for the mental picture of John Kerry that way. But I am curious to know specifically what policies of John Kerry you think are so "dangerous".

What does "more" world support mean? France and Germany? The US has the support of UK, Australia, Japan, MOST of the European countries (Poland, Ukraine, Czech, Bulgaria, Italy, etc.). If you're getting your moral compass from Germany and France then you have my sympathies. I don't define who I support based on what France wants but that's just me.

As for making things more dangerous, yes, John Kerry will make life more dangerous for Americans. I don't worry about snooty Frenchman attacking. I worry about Islamic fundamentalists attacking though. And Kerry just doesn't strike me as someone who wants to solve these problems. He'd rather go back to the Clinton-era policy of making nice with the Europeans and hope the problem goes away. France is on record as believing Iraq is culturally incapable of handling a democracy. That's the kind of crap that I fear Kerry will buy into.

I want a President who is going to make the tough decisions and take out these terrorists and make a serious effort to democratize the region. I think Bush is more likely to pursue that than Kerry because I think Kerry is mroe concerned about what his elitist liberal friends in Europe think than worrying about dealing with terrorism as a practical matter.