Reply #8: Yo Doc... [View All]

[DannyRed]

"Post-9/11 is no time for amateur hour."

Look, I hate to get snarky with you here, but just what would you define as "amateur"?

I would define "amateur" as trusting an administration with a proven track record of blatant lies, spin, misleading, and double-dealing, giving that same administration a veritable ticket to ride in a resolution that is poorly and vaguely worded, that allows that same administration to adhere to the "letter" of the resolution without honoring or addressing the "spirit"....giving that administration the legal wiggle room and congressional grant of powers to go to war based on what, AT THE TIME, were known to be dodgy, specious, inaccurate, dishonest and unfounded claims about Iraq.

I will give Kerry the benefit of the doubt as to intentions when he voted for the IWR - he felt, like many, that without the clear threat of force, Iraq would not accede to the demands for inspections and intervention by the UN...and he probably felt that the IWR would put meaningful weight behind the push to get Iraq to comply, conform, and accede to the UNMOVIC process.

Fine. Good on Kerry.

But does it take a genius to read the wording, to take one look at that administration, its major players, and its track record, and figure out what was going to happen?

NO. EVERYONE with a brain took one look at that resolution, one look at this administration, one look at the "evidence" they presented and the way they presented it...and KNEW that the IWR was an open door.

THAT, my friend, is amateur hour, no two ways about it.

At best.

At worst, it was craven, election driven, fear based, pandering and caving.

I will NOT say that Kerry is guilty of the second, worst case...I like Kerry. I think he is a good man, with a good record, and good abilities...but he got blindsided.

Amateur hour indeed.