In the Cold War, Kerry Froze (ABSOLUTE MUST READ)

Los Angeles Times ^ | Aug. 10, 2004 | Joshua Muravchik

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The more telling point is that nothing he has done since then (Vietnam) sustains the claim that he would be an effective leader in the war we face today — any more than George McGovern's 35 combat missions in World War II, which won him the Distinguished Flying Cross, qualified him to lead us in the Cold War.

The Cold War also provides our best measuring stick for estimating how Kerry might perform as commander in chief, and in that conflict Kerry's instincts were always awry. Had the country heeded his counsel, we might not yet have won it.

Many leaders had a hand in Washington's Cold War triumph, but Ronald Reagan's contributions were pivotal, and Kerry opposed every one of them.

All in all, in his 20 years in the Senate, Kerry ranks as one of the five most dovish or liberal members on foreign policy if you tally up the key votes selected by the liberal advocacy group, Americans for Democratic Action.

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Ever Since Vietnam, He's Been a Dove
By Joshua Muravchik
Posted: Tuesday, August 10, 2004

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