Reply #59: Ask how it should work, and you will see that Kerry and ...

[gulliver]

... Edwards did the right thing.

Kerry's determination was that the evidence for danger was significant. He was right. But Kerry also determined that the threat was not so imminent that it required immediate, UN-free, unilateral action. That could not possibly be more clear. So, once again, Kerry was right.

Kerry risked letting Bush invade without a United Nations blessing because it was (and is) the right thing to do for this country. The office of the presidency must always have the presumption of good faith and due diligence in military matters. Bush failed to live up to that presumption. That doesn't mean the presumption must go. It means Bush must go.

So Kerry and Edwards were absolutely right. They had no way of knowing that Bush was inept, was being manipulated by Chalabi, and had ulterior motives. They might have suspected it, but that doesn't overcome the presumption of honor that the presidency must have in order to function.