Kerry On National Security

Kerry On National Security - One of the Democrat mantras this election has been "Bush Can't Touch Kerry on National Security".

Kerry is, of course, a complete non-entity on national security. It's entirely possibly that Dianne Feinstein would be better at National Security than John Kerry - a comparison that truly defines the phrase "Damnation by Faint Praise" for both.

In months of hearing the mantra, I've caught exactly three reasons that John Kerry is qualfied at all on national security, much less more qualified than the President:

1. He was a war hero. Even if we take his war record at complete face value - a tenuous claim, but let's do it anyway - as we discussed a few weeks ago, heroism doesn't necessarily equal leadership ability.
2. He's, er, been in the Senate - Where he's voted against most of the military we have today, but he'd seem to want us to forget that.
3. He's in touch with lots of foreign leaders.

I've heard nothing so far this campaign that would qualify John Kerry to argue with me in a bar about national security, much less lead the world's most powerful nation in wartime.

So here's the opportunity I'm offering, Dems. In the comments thread below, state John Kerry's actual national security qualifications to be President, in terms that would "sell" the idea to someone who takes national security seriously.

You may start now.

Posted by Mitch at March 19, 2004 08:17 AM