Thursday, July 29, 2004

Kerry Speech

I found this a little strange:

"Let there be no mistake: I will never hesitate to use force when it is required. Any attack will be met with a swift and certain response."

It is strange, that is, if you think we are in a war.  Roosevelt didn't say that if there is a another attack we will attack them back, no question about it.  The statement brings out the underlying difference that people have about the war in Iraq and Bush's conduct of the war on terror.  The Democrats fudementally think of this not as a war, but as a law enforcement problem.  The people attacking us are criminals  and if someone commits a crime you find them and punish them.  But if you think of the conflict as a war then you try to find your enemies and kill them.  If you punish someone because you think they are going to commit a crime you are violating their rights.  If you kill an enemy before he happens to have managed to commit an attack then that is good. 

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