Reply #26: I wouldn't say he hasn't bothered

[LittleClarkie]

Kerry's problem is he wants to tell you everything so you will have some idea of where he's coming from. He almost knows too much on the subject.

Voting for the authority to give the president a strong position from which to negotiate is not the same as saying go and bombing Iraq. The Republicans have such a hard time with this, but it ain't that deep. Holding Sadaam accountable doesn't have to me going to war with him. Reaching that stage is a failure, not a success.

Kerry wanted there to be muscle behind the president's words. He would want any president to have that strong position from which to negotiate, including himself.

He expected the president to do what he said he was going to -- go in as a last resort, go in numbers large enough to get the job done and go in with an actual coalition.

My favorite anology so far is that Kerry gave the president the keys to the car, expecting him to use the vehicle of state in a responsible fashion. That the president chose to wrap it around a tree instead is not Kerry's fault.