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Intellectually Honest
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Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
Anyone with an ability to be fair recognizes that Kerry won't go against what the CIA/FBI/military advises and thus day to day he'l be close to Bush. But only an idiot can claim that Kerry would not bend to pressure from Europe or the voters if he had to make an unpopular decision.
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This conceit that a Democrat is going to make the country's interests take a back seat to what Europeans want is another fairy tale. The dispute is about whether our long-term interests are better served when we work with allies, giving up something in the short term to get something in the long term. Even Bush is willing to do this -- witness his decision to go back to the UN just before invading Iraq, which he did largely to protect Tony Blair from domestic opposition.
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