Nuance

John Kerry's sister Diana shows us what her bro means by building alliances:

Diana Kerry, younger sister of the Democrat presidential candidate, told The Weekend Australian that the Bali bombing and the recent attack on the Australian embassy in Jakarta clearly showed the danger to Australians had increased.

"Australia has kept faith with the US and we are endangering the Australians now by this wanton disregard for international law and multilateral channels," she said, referring to the invasion of Iraq.

Asked if she believed the terrorist threat to Australians was now greater because of the support for Republican George W. Bush, Ms Kerry said: "The most recent attack was on the Australian embassy in Jakarta -- I would have to say that."

Ms Kerry, who taught school in Indonesia for 15 years until 2000, is heading a campaign called Americans Overseas for Kerry which aims to secure the votes of Americans abroad -- including the more than 100,000 living in Australia.

Let's see; trying to single out our allies as victims? Calling our genuine international allies "trumped-up, so-called coalition of the bribed, the coerced, the bought and the extorted"?

Wasn't Kerry trying to run as the suave internationalist?

Posted by Mitch at September 21, 2004 05:24 AM | TrackBack