We�d All Love to See the Plan . . .

Just a thought: if you were to put a pistol to my head and ask me whether Kerry thinks invading Iraq was a mistake, you might as well throw some money on the table and call it Russian roulette, because I have absolutely no frigging idea. Shortly after he flubbed the last debate, Bush (or his advisors) encapsulated it nicely:

He stated that Saddam Hussein was a threat and that America had no business removing that threat. Senator Kerry said our soldiers and Marines are not fighting for a mistake � but also called the liberation of Iraq a “colossal error.” He said we need to do more to train Iraqis, but he also said we shouldn’t be spending so much money over there. He said he wants to hold a summit meeting, so he can invite other countries to join what he calls �the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time.

Yes, and if you could speak frigging English, you’d have said that in the debate, but hey, it’s got me pretty confused, too. It would be nice to have eloquence and vision in one man, but given the choice, I’d pick the latter.

Nor could I tell you how many times Kerry said �I have a plan for Iraq� without saying a damn thing about that plan that�s (1) reasonably possible, and (2) different from what Bush is already doing.

The acknowledgement that more European help is on the way is now an acknowledged fantasy. We continue down the checklist.

Coalition? Check. Train the Iraqis? Check. Reconstruction funds? Check. More troops? Check . . . if the commanders ask for them. Withdrawal to start in six months and end in four years come hell or high water because there are too many body bags coming home? Hey, I thought you said you�d . . . .

I like Glenn Reynolds�s reax:

This sounds like the John Kerry of 1971. I can’t help but think that, for Kerry, every war is Vietnam. And if he’s President, I’m afraid that might turn out to be the case.