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p>Finally, given that the French and Germans, days prior to the debate, said they would not be sending troops to Iraq, regardless of who's elected president, Lehrer could've asked Kerry specifically which coalition of nations he would seek to build. br> -- C. Kenna Amos Jr. br> Princeton, West Virginia /p>

Sen. Kerry has finally presented his "plan" for Iraq. It consists of expanding the U.S. military and Special Ops forces but not using them anywhere. Calling a summit to convince more countries to become part of the "coalition of the coerced and the bribed" so they can join us in fighting the "wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time". Their role will apparently not be for achieving victory since that last time we depended on non-American allies - they screwed up in Tora Bora in the search for Bin Laden. Apparently they will join us solely to correct the imbalance of the U.S./Ally 90/10 casualty ratio.

p>That is not a "plan." That is a series of politically expedient positions created to offset a previously created series of politically expedient positions that had been necessary to offset an even earlier series of politically expedient positions. br> -- Martin Tagliaferro br> Ann Arbor, Michigan /p>

I am writing to suggest from a great distance (as I live in Belgium) that perhaps a useful "nickname" for Senator Kerry and his policies would be "Senator Hindsight" (note not Heinzsight, though that might have a certain appropriateness too) -- because every suggestion he makes for policy whether internationally or domestically is done 'after someone else has made a serious decision' and acted upon it.

p>Hindsight is a great pleasure and is a gift which comes with leisure, but you can not run any organization on that basis. Anybody can be right with a hindsight of 20/20, but It is looking backwards and walking with 'one's back facing the future'. And that seems to be Senator Kerry's only method and approach to any topic -- and oft times even his hindsight glasses seem to be dirty since he changes his view frequently. br> -- Philip J. Sandstrom

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