Friday, October 01, 2004
Allies, Diplomacy, and Doasyouwouldbedoneby
John Kerry, during the debate said:
"I'm going to immediately set out to have bilateral talks with North Korea."
Of course, this is the man who on one hand says we have to shore up our diplomacy and get consensus before taking various types of action.
But his desire to do this means we turn our backs on several of our allies or fellow nations: China, Japan, South Korea and others. As President Bush noted: Again, I can't tell you how big a mistake I think that is, to have bilateral talks with North Korea. It's precisely what Kim Jong Il wants. It will cause the six-party talks to evaporate.
This is the man who says he will get more countries involved in Iraq, even though France and Germany say, "Don't look my way," and then he insults other allies such as Italy and Poland by calling them bribed and coherced.
Then in the Pacific, he wants us to turn our backs on those who are our friends.
His current policy seems to be:
1) insult those who have stood by you (Poland, Italy Japan, many other countries.
2) rely on those who refuse to stand by you (call in France and Germany for help they won't give).
3) deny the truth of those who are on the ground (such as testimony by Allawi and General Franks)
4) demand that the UN sanctions our actions ( even when we already have UN agreements that give us the right to act, and it's in the defense of the US).
And you say he's a candidate for president? Not an insurgent trying to harm our country?
"I'm going to immediately set out to have bilateral talks with North Korea."
Of course, this is the man who on one hand says we have to shore up our diplomacy and get consensus before taking various types of action.
But his desire to do this means we turn our backs on several of our allies or fellow nations: China, Japan, South Korea and others. As President Bush noted: Again, I can't tell you how big a mistake I think that is, to have bilateral talks with North Korea. It's precisely what Kim Jong Il wants. It will cause the six-party talks to evaporate.
This is the man who says he will get more countries involved in Iraq, even though France and Germany say, "Don't look my way," and then he insults other allies such as Italy and Poland by calling them bribed and coherced.
Then in the Pacific, he wants us to turn our backs on those who are our friends.
His current policy seems to be:
1) insult those who have stood by you (Poland, Italy Japan, many other countries.
2) rely on those who refuse to stand by you (call in France and Germany for help they won't give).
3) deny the truth of those who are on the ground (such as testimony by Allawi and General Franks)
4) demand that the UN sanctions our actions ( even when we already have UN agreements that give us the right to act, and it's in the defense of the US).
And you say he's a candidate for president? Not an insurgent trying to harm our country?
# posted by Knitting a Conundrum @ 9:02 AM 
