Wake Up Everybody!

I don't know whether this is a good name for this one or not. Anyway it's about President Kerry's big speech yesterday, which was, in my opinion, a home run speech. Here's an excerpt.

In fighting the war on terrorism, my principles are straight forward. The terrorists are beyond reason. We must destroy them. As president, I will do whatever it takes, as long as it takes, to defeat our enemies. But billions of people around the world yearning for a better life are open to America's ideals. We must reach them.

To win, America must be strong. And America must be smart. The greatest threat we face is the possibility Al Qaida or other terrorists will get their hands on a nuclear weapon.

To prevent that from happening, we must call on the totality of America's strength. Strong alliances, to help us stop the world's most lethal weapons from falling into the most dangerous hands. A powerful military, transformed to meet the new threats of terrorism and the spread of weapons of mass destruction. And all of America's power - our diplomacy, our intelligence system, our economic power, the appeal of our values - each of which is critical to making America more secure and preventing a new generation of terrorists from emerging.

Now see, to me that doesn't sound like a guy who wants to surrender or give up on defeating America's enemies. Certainly doesn't sound like someone who wants to be sensitive to Terrorists.

The rest of the speech is very good as well, taking apart exactly where Bush went wrong and giving several suggestions on how a Kerry Presidency will do better.