Kerry and Bush have Iraq problems

[Hawkeye-X]

Bush, Kerry both have Iraq problems
By DAVID S. BRODER
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/editorial/2375477

Kerry is prepared to make an issue. The senator is considered by
colleagues of both parties to be a serious student of foreign policy.
But challenger Howard Dean has raised a legitimate question, asking why
Kerry voted against the 1991 resolution authorizing the use of force to
oust Iraqi troops from Kuwait but supported the 2002 resolution that
provided the authority Bush used to remove Saddam Hussein from power.

In an interview with The Washington Post last Sunday, Kerry argued that
his record was "entirely consistent." He said that he had made it clear
in 1991 that "I believed we should kick Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait"
and only wanted to signal with his "no" vote that the first President
Bush should delay such action until there was greater domestic support
for such a move. And he said that when he voted "yes" on the current
President Bush's ultimatum to Iraq, he did not expect -- or intend --
that it be used the way it was. "The vote I cast was not a vote to go to
war," he said. "It was a vote based on promises to go to the United
Nations, resume inspections, build a coalition and go to war as a last
resort."

When I suggested to the senator that it might be difficult to explain to
voters that "your `No' did not mean no, and your `Yes' did not mean
yes," he bristled and said, "I completely disagree with that
assessment." He urged the four Post reporters to reread the speeches he
gave in the Senate before those two votes -- which I now have done.

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[MercutioATC]

1. Exactly. "Experience" does not equal "good judgement".

Kerry DOES have more foreign policy "experience" than Dean. His votes seem to indicate that Dean has much better judgement.

[SlavesandBulldozers]

2. this

is Kerry's Achilles heal. If the media can guide the Dems to Kerry, they will have delivered Bush a wrapped gift. An opponent that cannot logically disagree with his foreign policy.