Giuliani on Kerry

This address by Rudy Giuliani echos a lot of my thoughts on the matter. Glad to see I'm in good company. The entire thing is a powerful, perhaps even devastating, argument against Kerry's vision. This bit here is especially powerful:

It is consistent with his views on Vietnam: that we should have left and abandoned Vietnam. It is consistent with his view of Nicaragua and the Sandinistas. It is consistent with his view of opposing Ronald Reagan at every step of the way in the arms buildup that was necessary to destroy communism. It is consistent with his view of not supporting the Persian Gulf War, which was another extraordinary step. Whatever John Kerry’s global test is, the Persian Gulf War certainly would pass anyone’s global test. If it were up to John Kerry, Saddam Hussein would not only still be in power, but he’d still be controlling Kuwait.

I know some of my readers favor Kerry in this election. I would be very interested in any comments about this, especially the last part. John Kerry's opposition to the Gulf War has never, to my mind been satisfactorily explained. It was an important vote and I don't think people are wrong to make inferenced about his character based upon it.