I have to admit that it was a pretty good debate. I was a bit concern about the President. The Presdident could have been more forceful with John Kerry in outlining his plan on Iraq and the overall war on terrorism. John Kerry kept saying that he would do a better job in protecting America, and that his plan was better than the President's plan. However, I don't know what is the plan Kerry has in mind, and here, is where I feel, that the President missed an opportunity to outline his plan. There was also the first question Jim Lehrer asked John Kerry about how he would do a better job in preventing another 9-11 that bothered me. Part of the answer went like this:
"...I'll never give a veto to any country over our security. But I also know how to lead those alliances...I have a better plan to be able to fight the war on terror by strengthening our military, strengthening our intelligence, by going after the financing more authoritatively, by doing what we need to do to rebuild the alliances, by reaching out to the Muslim world, which the president has almost not done, and beginning to isolate the radical Islamic Muslims, not have them isolate the United States of America..."
But, has not, the President been doing what Kerry said? The President has been active doing everyhting he can within his powers, to keep us safer. Nonetheless, there is so much hate for this President, that everything he does is looked throug a prism of hate. Already, the punditry is disecting and examining every word the Presdient said, and without any surprises the debate was won by John Kerry. He was more forceful and in control, while the President, seemed annoyed at times. And remember, that is us that are isolating the terrorists and not the other way around. We are fighting the terrorists in Iraq, they are comming to die in Iraq for their cause.
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