The Full Howie

Kerry's speech in New York was supposed to, once and for all, tell us what his policy is for Iraq. This is, of course, the umpteenth iteration of his "policy". Not long ago Kerry was asked if, knowing what we know now, he would vote to approve war with Iraq. He said yes, and the Bush campaign scored a big win as it forced Kerry to take a stand.

Now Kerry has rethought his policy (or run it by another focus group), and has decided to start channeling Howard Dean. According to Kerry's speech, "We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure." In other words, the world is no safer without Saddam and the war was a mistake.

That's exactly what Howie said back in December when Saddam was captured. At that time Kerry was quoted as saying "Those who doubted whether Iraq or the world would be better off without Saddam Hussein, and those who believe we are not safer with his capture, don’t have the judgment to be president or the credibility to be elected president."

I couldn't agree more.