I think John Cole has the right take on this latest John Kerry outrage nonsense. When I first heard what Kerry said, I wasn’t quite sure what he meant by it. CNN is now going wall to wall bonkers on it. I take it Kerry’s refering to our ignorance and that of our leaders in getting us bogged down in Iraq — since there’s no longer any such thing as draft deferments or, for that matter, a draft. But Kerry, I think, has the right response. Nothing to apologize for. What does he have to apologize for to the president and his party who’ve gotten thousands of Americans killed on their altar of their arrogance and lies.
Are the Republicans saying US soldiers and marines are responsible for President Bush’s failed policies?
Late Update: The funniest thing about this has to be CNN getting goaded into making it a red letter ‘Breaking News’, ‘Developing Story’.
Later Update: It’s really a case study in the Republican outrage apparatus, one McCain’s in on too now. What does President Bush have to apologize for? Let’s see. Taking the country to war on the basis of what he knew were lies? Check. Distorting and lying about WMD intelligence to goad the country into war? Check. Having no plan for what to do in Iraq after Baghdad fell? Check. Lying about how badly things were going in Iraq because he coudln’t face the truth and thus letting hundreds or thousands or American military personnel die? Check. Mmmm. Lying to the country about al Qaida being tied to Iraq, resulting in hundreds or thousands of American deaths? Check. Got any more?
