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Originally posted by sgtclub
Go back and watch the tape (I did). Kerry appears to give very, thoughtful and meaningful answers and has a very dignified delivery style. But there is nothing there. It's alll delivery for him, no substance. Now Bush isn't exactly Aristotle either, but I thought he did much better the second time I watched than the first.
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And another thing, this whole "we have to maintain the offensive in this war" could have been hammered home 50 different ways til Sunday, instead of being repeated as a sound bite 50 times.
America and most other nations will repeatedly make mistakes about sitting back and praying for peace. Even the original JFK wrote a book or something on it, about "While We Slept". At least, I think he did. Who wins in these never-ending wars? The smart general who maintains the offensive effectively. Reagan, with proxy armies and star wars weapons, not Carter with an "our defeat is inevitable" mentality and not [my opponent] with a "we should wait for Europe to triple its GDP contributions to defense, though they never matched ours in even the cold war". If history has taught us anything, its that no peaceful and civilized nation can sit back and pray. America cannot wait for help from others, though the help of our friends is always appreciated. America must identify its enemies and attack them when attacking them is the best way to make sure they cannot inflict grave damage on us.
But instead, all we get is we need to stay on the offensive here. This whole election sucks.
