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John Kerry made one point emphatically clear in accepting the Democratic =
presidential nomination: He'd lead the U.S. to war only if the country =
faced a real and imminent threat. While Kerry never said so directly, =
listeners were justified in concluding that he would not have invaded =
Iraq, a country that, it turned out, had no weapons of mass destruction =
and thus was not an imminent threat.=20
Well, listeners were wrong. Or, at least, we think they were, because =
the yes-no-maybe senator continues to confound on the subject of Iraq. =
Asked whether he would have voted to give President Bush the okay for =
war had he known that Saddam Hussein had no WMD, Kerry on Monday =
responded, "Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was =
the right authority for a President to have."=20
Now, Kerry surely has the intellectual dexterity to reconcile his two =
positions. He could say, for example, that he would have voted to give =
the President war authority only in the expectation that Bush would have =
used it to build an international coalition. But why inflict such mental =
gymnastics on the public when all anyone wants is the answer to a =
question central to the election: Do you, Mr. Kerry, believe the U.S. =
was right to invade Iraq, WMD or no WMD?=20
Clarity from Kerry is crucial because the country needs to understand =
the circumstances under which he would fight and to gauge his commitment =
to the war at hand. There, too, he has given mixed signals - and =
dangerous ones. After the convention, Kerry said he would bring =
substantial numbers of troops home by the end of his term. On Monday, he =
predicted that, under the right circumstances, he could begin the =
process within six months, if elected.=20
Those kinds of statements must be music to the ears of radical cleric =
Moqtada al-Sadr and insurgents battling coalition forces, =
notwithstanding all the Kerry camp's subsequent caveats about first =
having to achieve stability, international support and elections. The =
al-Sadrs of the world could well be thinking that they're beginning to =
see the light at the end of the tunnel.=20
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faced a=20
real and imminent threat. While Kerry never said so directly, listeners =
were=20
justified in concluding that he would not have invaded Iraq, a country =
that, it=20
turned out, had no weapons of mass destruction and thus was not an =
imminent=20
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<P>Well, listeners were wrong. Or, at least, we think they were, because =
the=20
yes-no-maybe senator continues to confound on the subject of Iraq. Asked =
whether=20
he would have voted to give President Bush the okay for war had he known =
that=20
Saddam Hussein had no WMD, Kerry on Monday responded, <USNEW_EDIT>"Yes, =
I would=20
have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right authority for a =
President to have."=20
<P>Now, Kerry surely has the intellectual dexterity to reconcile his two =
positions. He could say, for example, that he would have voted to give =
the=20
President war authority only in the expectation that Bush would have =
used it to=20
build an international coalition. But why inflict such mental gymnastics =
on the=20
public when all anyone wants is the answer to a question central to the=20
election: Do you, Mr. Kerry, believe the U.S. was right to invade Iraq, =
WMD or=20
no WMD?=20
<P>Clarity from Kerry is crucial because the country needs to understand =
the=20
circumstances under which he would fight and to gauge his commitment to =
the war=20
at hand. There, too, he has given mixed signals - and dangerous ones. =
After the=20
convention, Kerry said he would bring substantial numbers of troops home =
by the=20
end of his term. On Monday, he predicted that, under the right =
circumstances, he=20
could begin the process within six months, if elected.=20
<P>Those kinds of statements must be music to the ears of radical cleric =
Moqtada=20
al-Sadr and insurgents battling coalition forces, notwithstanding all =
the Kerry=20
camp's subsequent caveats about first having to achieve stability, =
international=20
support and elections. The al-Sadrs of the world could well be thinking =
that=20
they're beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel.=20
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