John Kerry stretches his one-dove one-hawk wings to hold back a closing chapter in his political career.
This is his plan:
- Get more help from other nations
- Provide better training for Iraqi security forces
- Provide benefits to the Iraqi people
- Ensure democratic elections can be held next year as promised.
Three of the four things are being done, and the first condescends to Americans while firmly establishing Kerry's place in never-never land: we're already in an uphill battle, and he wants us to try to join another in convincing other nations to help us. Uh huh, right. The only way to convince other nations that we're worth helping is to have successes. Prove that the goals that have been set are met and are successful. Let them battle with their inner daemons about the means, let us worry about the ends.