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"Whatever It Takes. Period."

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla., Oct. 29 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Senator John Kerry released the following statement today:

"In response to this tape from Osama bin Laden, let me make it clear, crystal clear. As Americans, we are absolutely united in our determination to hunt down and destroy Osama bin Laden and the terrorists. They are barbarians. And I will stop at absolutely nothing to hunt down, capture or kill the terrorists wherever they are, whatever it takes. Period."

Kerry promises he will "stop at absolutely nothing" to fight terror. "Whatever it takes. Period." The question is, who really believes him, I mean really in their guts believes him?

So he says he'll "stop at absolutely nothing." At least half of stopping at absolutely nothing is the taking of proactive, aggressive, preemptive strikes against terrorist infrastructures, and the regimes where they find refuge, succor, and opportunity to train.

Not long ago, Kerry eschewed preemption, while promising to vigorously "respond" to any attack on our country. That makes as much sense as vowing to crush a viper after it has unleashed it's lethal bite.

Sorry, Kerry, we already have a President who has an all-out commitment to fight terrorism; a President who—unlike you—is about actions rather than mere feints. Our current President actually delivers in hard reality that which you can only parrot as campaign fodder: namely, a no-holds-barred, stop-at-nothing, whatever-it-takes attitude in hunting down, capturing, and killing terrorists the world over. So you see, Monsieur Kerry, the position you seek is already ably filled … now go away.

Kerry’s vacuous, wholly unconvincing promise is one that I will repeat unceasingly for the next four years if to our grave misfortune he is victorious on November 2nd. If this appeaser becomes President, I’ll recount his laugh-out-loud assertion, “I’ve never wilted in my life,” every time he rushes to the U.N. to play “Mother, may I?” with Kofi Annan.

UPDATE:

And this retort of Kerry's statement from Generalissimo:

Good rhetoric that rings hollow. How can we be united when Kerry has attacked the president for dividing this country unlike no other.

Hunting down the terrorists wherever they are, except in Iraq, which was the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time?

And I will stop at nothing, unless we don't pass a global test?

Don't buy it. Don't trust him. No credibility. We're in a war. A life or death war. There is only one man up to the job, and it ain't John Kerry.

In conclusion, when you think about it there are so many ways to fisk Kerry's laughable attempt at hawkish bluster the mind boggles.

Posted by clark smith at October 29, 2004 05:39 PM | TrackBack