Checkmate
When you hear that both presidential candidates are making preparations for the debate on the horizon, think of it as a chess game in progress, and a major move is being contemplated on.
From my vantage point of this political chess game, two pawns on John Kerry’s side of the board have become casualties of the smoke and mirrors shown at the Republican National Convention. John Kerry’s side of the board is still strong and lethal. All he has to do is wake voters up to the idiosyncrasies involved in the rush to war.
John Kerry’s opening move and question from my view should be: “Mr. President before you invaded Iraq, did you make any attempts to do an in depth study of the culture and the surrounding cultures”?
If the president in fact did do an in depth study be- for invading Iraq, he should be asked to give his sources.
The second leading question from my view should be asked by Mr. Kerry: “Mr. President can you define distinct differences and characteristics between a mature democracy and a medieval theocracy with modern features”?
The answer to the above question should put the president in check. Given what is known about some of the practices by some of the governments in the middle east, the severing of hands, and beheadings, challenges the whole concept whether any kind of democracy is sustainable in that part of the world.
The havoc caused by the invasion and occupation is a result of an arrogance and ignorance. The staying power of a democracy in its infancy co- existing with deeply planted roots of a theocracy is a fantasy. John Kerry should make it clear the story concerning how the shah in Iran was over thrown in 1979.
In retrospect, John Kerry has the intellect to bring clarity to the question: how long can a country go down a quick sand path following a fantasy that is draining blood and resources?
In retrospect, if the focus is narrowed down to what knowledge and understanding George Bush has of the Middle East culture, I believe Kerry’s intellect will score a checkmate.
From my vantage point of this political chess game, two pawns on John Kerry’s side of the board have become casualties of the smoke and mirrors shown at the Republican National Convention. John Kerry’s side of the board is still strong and lethal. All he has to do is wake voters up to the idiosyncrasies involved in the rush to war.
John Kerry’s opening move and question from my view should be: “Mr. President before you invaded Iraq, did you make any attempts to do an in depth study of the culture and the surrounding cultures”?
If the president in fact did do an in depth study be- for invading Iraq, he should be asked to give his sources.
The second leading question from my view should be asked by Mr. Kerry: “Mr. President can you define distinct differences and characteristics between a mature democracy and a medieval theocracy with modern features”?
The answer to the above question should put the president in check. Given what is known about some of the practices by some of the governments in the middle east, the severing of hands, and beheadings, challenges the whole concept whether any kind of democracy is sustainable in that part of the world.
The havoc caused by the invasion and occupation is a result of an arrogance and ignorance. The staying power of a democracy in its infancy co- existing with deeply planted roots of a theocracy is a fantasy. John Kerry should make it clear the story concerning how the shah in Iran was over thrown in 1979.
In retrospect, John Kerry has the intellect to bring clarity to the question: how long can a country go down a quick sand path following a fantasy that is draining blood and resources?
In retrospect, if the focus is narrowed down to what knowledge and understanding George Bush has of the Middle East culture, I believe Kerry’s intellect will score a checkmate.
posted by Al Waddell at 3:47 PM
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