Today, September 20, 2004, Senator John Kerry finally got there. He said the war on Iraq was a "profound diversion" from the war on terror.
Brilliant.
Here we are less than two months from Election Day and the Democratic candidate finally joins the crowd he wants to lead.
For reasons I do not pretend to understand, many Americans think George W. Bush is a "strong" leader in a "war on terrorism."
Kerry cannot win if some of those Americans do not begin to question his strength.
It's been obvious for more than a year that Bush abandoned, subverted, shoved to the back burner the war on Osama bin Laden and the Taliban, gave up on pacifying Afghanistan and never pursued the backers of 9/11 - Saudi Arabia, notably. Why? To push a geo-political fantasy from the Neo-Cons, one that said we could bomb the Middle East into democracy by taking out Saddam Hussein.
Now Kerry is aboard. I think his decision probaby comes too late. It certainly will be too late if he now abandons today's theme. He must hit it hard and frequently to have any chance.,
Oh, and as I wrote here long, long ago - events must go his way, reminding the electorate that Iraq was a deadly mistake and that it remains a quagmire.
Yeah, Kerry needs a prayer.