Mr. Kerry would like to isolate Iraq from Afghanistan and the larger struggle against terrorism, while Mr. Bush wants to connect them. Mr. Kerry would like to connect the war in Iraq to problems within the United States -"It's wrong to be opening firehouses in Baghdad and closing them down in the United States of America,'' he says - while Mr. Bush wants to keep them apart.Should we make our choice for President based on which man makes the more apt connection?
September 19, 2004
A nice, concise observation.
From James Bennet, writing in the NYT Week in Review:
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