‘The Bullying...Will Come to an End’

[seemslikeadream]

Newsweek
Updated: 4:48 p.m. ET July 26, 2004July 26 - Last Thursday, the same day that the 9/11 Commission published its long-awaited report on events leading up to and following the 2001 terror attacks, John Kerry promised to fix American intelligence as part of his strategy to make America safer at home and more respected in the world. Former State Department spokesman James P. Rubin, now a senior foreign policy adviser to the Kerry-Edwards campaign, sat down in Detroit with Richard Wolffe to explain what would be different about U.S. foreign policy in a Kerry administration. Excerpts:


NEWSWEEK: Expectations are high that American foreign policy would change under a President Kerry, but it sounds like the goals-fighting terror, making America safer-are not that different. Is it a question of style or a question of execution?
Joe Marquette / AP
James P. Rubin
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James P. Rubin: The difference, and this is the big and crucial difference, is that I think John Kerry, by virtue of his experience and his character and his wisdom, will be just as tough as George Bush in defeating Al Qaeda and Islamic extremist terrorists. But he will be a lot smarter in how he solicits the support of other countries to achieve that objective and goes directly at the problem. So, if elected, John Kerry will be sitting down with the leaders of our major friends and allies in the world and demanding action. But he will do that in a way that expresses understanding for other people’s points of view, that involves listening and leading rather than alienating, and that involves old-fashioned persuasion and an appreciation for other cultures and other values. And the bullying of the Bush administration will come to an end.
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[seemslikeadream]

1. MSNBC said

this morning that Kerry will ask for an extention of the 9/11 Commission.

[C_eh_N_eh_D_eh]

2. Understanding and listening?

I told you Kerry was a wimp! </sarcasm>

[Walt Starr]

4. Strength and Wisdom are NOT opposing values

A great man said that once.

:evilgrin:

[whosinpower]

7. Of the whole Clinton speech last night

That one line was the very very best!!!!!!!!!!

[truthspeaker]

5. unfortunately that's the way freepers think

[leesa]

3. Instead of wasting any more time and money on the bogus

"terror wars", how 'bout Colin Powell coughing up that White Paper he promised us PROVING that Al Qaeda was responsible for 9-11. We're still waiting for some proof Mr Powell. Just another scam by the biggest collection of con men ever and Kerry will have us continuing this nonsense for years.

[calimary]

6. Perhaps I'm misunderstanding you here, but -

"and Kerry will have us continuing this nonsense for years." Your alternative is - ? Seems to me the "continuing this nonsense" part would happen, for certain, if bush got back into the White House.