Kerry gets labeled a warmonger here, but, few know his actual approach

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towards war. For instance, he doesn't believe in massive air campaigns where you carpet bomb entire regions. He thinks too many civilians are killed in that manner, and not enough of the bad guys.

He believes that if you are going to go into battle, you put in overwhelming ground force directly targeting the enemy combatants and their bases of operation.

He has been pointing to Bush's failure of military strategy in Afghanistan since early 2002. Only Al Gore backed him up on that view. On July 2002 MTP, Dean criticized Gore and Kerry for it. "It's easy to second-guess the commander-in-chief at a time of war. I choose not to do that."

In my view, if more Dems had backed up Kerry and Gore then, the American people would have had doubts about Bush's credibility and military leadership ALOT earlier and he may never have had the people with him on Iraq at all.

[BurtWorm]

1. I agree with Kerry's ideas about how to use the military

and with the central idea of this thread, namely that terrorism is a criminal, not a military issue. I strongly disagree with his giving the benefit of the doubt to Bush as "commander in chief." Bush is illegitimate. Period.

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2. It was Dean who said that on MTP in July, 2002

in answer to Kerry and Gore's criticism of Bush on his military strategy.

[BurtWorm]

3. Well I disagree with Dean then.

On that.

[PurityOfEssence]

7. That is not permitted on this board

You shall be punished.

[ModerateMiddle]

4. Clark backed Kerry up all the way

on the Tora Bora debacle yesterday on Hardball. Clark said that we failed to get bin Laden in that episode, for precisely the same reason that Kerry said back in December.

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5. That's why I always bear in mind what Alterman said months ago...

that Clark was being groomed by the DNC for VP just in case Edwards doesn't catch fire. Conason floated the Kerry/Clark ticket months ago, too, as MWO is now. I don't believe it was JUST a rumor.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

6. Kerry/Clark will ensure the 50 state sweep

and DC and the territories and possesions. I am sure of it.