Reply #29: This helps Bush.

[gulliver]

If anyone can help Bush sell not talking to Iran and Syria, it is Kerry. Kerry should not be trying to conduct foreign policy. His point is right, but that is irrelevant. As has been said, the worst argument against a cause is a poor argument for it. Kerry actually sets back the cause of getting out of Iraq and returning to adult foreign policy. He is the wrong man for the message. He disables the message.

Kerry should not be meddling in foreign policy directly. If he wants to get to the bottom of Bush negligence, incompetence, and cover-up, Kerry should work it through Senate hearings. All Bush has to say is "Kerry's trip to Iran and Syria has further destabilized Iraq by showing weakness." It doesn't matter whether it is true or not.