How do you write a defense of John Kerry’s comments calling for “regime change” in the U.S. without dealing with the language Kerry used. No one can or should object to Kerry arguing that we need a change of administration in this country. He’s running for president, for goodness’ sake. And it’s completely defensible – if spectacularly stupid – for Kerry to say so during a war. The issue is his use of the term “regime change,” as if the democratically elected president of this country represents an identical type of government as that which exists (at the time of writing) in Iraq. That’s what’s offensive. To say, as Josh does, that this terminology is irrelevant is preposterous. Here is how Josh deals with that obvious issue:
For the purposes of our present discussion, the particulars of Kerry’s remark are almost beside the point.
Nope. They’re the entire point. If Kerry’s defenders are going to give the guy this kind of bad advice, he’s toast. (N. Z. Bear has more to say on this.)
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