Own Little World

What I love about politics is that there never ceases to be something for me to talk about. Over here USA Today reported that Kerry attacked bush for "Colossal Failures in Judgment" about Iraq.

I'll quote my favorite section here:

In a lengthy, detailed address, Kerry laid out a point-by-point criticism of Bush's Iraq policy and the president's rationale for going to war. Kerry said the United States should:

• Get more help from other nations.

• Provide better training for Iraqi security forces.

• Provide benefits to the Iraqi people.

• Ensure that democratic elections can be held next year as promised.

Wow. What a brain trust. [/sarcasm]

Point one: Get more help from other nations.

We tried that. It failed. What makes Kerry think that he can do it better? Is it his winning personality that takes a strong stance on an issue?

Point two: Provide better training for Iraqi security forces.

How much better can training get? I will admit that I know very little on this issue. But given our own training woes (I covered this a day or so ago here)

Point three: Provide benefits to the Iraqi people.

What? I am sorry, that was my bad ear. Could you speak to the right next time?
What benefits do you want? I dislike blanket statements like this one, makes me think of a welfare state and I am not fond of that idea.

Point four: Ensure that democratic elections can be held next year as promised.

As far as I know, we are endeavoring to do this across the board. Is that not one of the points of this entire exercise?


More in a bit.