I'm pretty sure that I heard Kerry say at one point that it was a mistake to enter Iraq because Saddam wasn't a threat. In fact he waxed rather eloquent about his certainty that Saddam had been, and would have remained, contained. His rhetoric seemed to soar at the mere thought, in fact. And though I was rather disappointed that Bush didn't respond by mentioning UNSCAM as an example of the effectiveness of containment, I understand why he might not want to piss off the UN right now.
But I'm also pretty sure that Kerry acknowledged that he had been right to say that Saddam was a threat when he said that, in a land far far away. So, if Saddam was so well contained (presumably without the realistic expectation of invasion by the US)... but was still enough of a threat that he felt obliged to authorize the President to go to war without UN approval, if necessary... Dammit, sometimes Kerry makes me feel the way I used to feel in math class when they explained the square root of negative numbers... Huh?
He says he has maintained one single consistent unwavering position on Iraq throughout his career, and I have no doubt that's true. Unfortunately it's a postion that lies partly in imaginary space.
Posted by Demosophist at October 1, 2004 12:07 AM | TrackBackHe really makes no sense at if, if a condition of making sense is having intellectually consistent positions.
Posted by: Jane at October 1, 2004 09:37 AM