Agree or disagree, you know where Bush stands on foreign policy whether you're an ally or an enemy. If you're a Kerry supporter, I think you'd be hard pressed to come up with a definition of what Kerry stands for. You know what he won't do (commit troops somewhere without approval from France and China), but you don't really know what he's willing to do. It totally depends on which way the wind's blowing. If Bush the Father was criticized for a lack of the "vision thing" in a time of peace, why should Kerry be off the hook in a time of war?

Richard Holbrooke, a foreign policy adviser to Kerry, said Kerry was stating long-standing United States policy, which is that "you don't give up the right to be preemptive, but you make sure the decisions you've made can be backed up by the facts and have support domestically and internationally."

The statements by Bush and the new ad are themselves a sort of preemption, in which Bush is trying to define an overall foreign policy for Kerry. Asked what the Kerry Doctrine actually is, Holbrooke, in a conference call with reporters, replied: "There is no Kerry Doctrine."

In any case, it bothers me that Kerry's trying to convince the American people that he's so slick that he's going to single-handedly convince other nations to go against their national interests becuase we're sorry for being mean.

In his own words - "I've worked with those leaders the president talks about, I've worked with them for 20 years, for longer than this president. And I know what many of them say today, and I know how to bring them back to the table."

Well, Iran has just given "JFK 2" the middle finger.

Iran Rebuffs Kerry Nuclear Proposal

Foreign ministry spokesman Hamid Reza Asefi said it would be "irrational" for Iran to put its nuclear program in jeopardy by relying on supplies from abroad.

And the Germans and French have already told us not to expect any help.

No French or German turn on Iraq (from the Finanical Times)

French and German government officials say they will not significantly increase military assistance in Iraq even if John Kerry, the Democratic presidential challenger, is elected on November 2.

Kerry's apparently ready to piss off the Chinese, becuase he wants to go it alone (!?!) in talks with North Korea.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing, standing at his side, said the "entire international community" agreed that the six-nation approach was the best way to deal with the problem.

I don't think I need to elaborate on what leaders like Allawi in Iraq and those of the coalition members think of Kerry after his campaign called Allawi a puppet and our allies (that he has criticized for not contributing enough to begin with as it is) a coaltion of the bribed and coerced.

And when all is said and done, I would rather be friends with Britain, Australia (and yes, Poland) before I would shake hands with France, Germany and Russia each of whom would like to see American power weakened.

Now I'm mad :-{