December 17, 2006

On The Wrong Side of History

Jules Crittenden has an interesting round up and take on John Kerry's recent travels to the Middle East:

Halp Us All

Jon Carry, in Iraq to make good with the Stuck, is headed to Syria to conduct some freelance foreign policy with an enemy of the United States, against the wishes of the administration which, headsup, like it or not, won the election.

...Sounds a lot like Kerry, perhaps having learned a thing or two in the autumn of a political career that looked promising before it didn't, is trying not to commit himself before he does. By which I mean, stay with me here, because the logic is a tad pretzelian, Kerry reserves the right to be for success while being against it. Or against success while being for it. Sorry, I'm lost.

In any case, playing against an unpopular administration regardless of the consequences worked great 35 years ago. Too bad for Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam, but one must have one's priorities straight.

As Mr. Crittenden notes, Kerry definately seems stuck on the wrong side of history.

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