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To: blue red who wrote (8275)	3/13/2004 5:48:44 PM
From: The Philosopher	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

If those sentiments from foreign leaders were expressed to Kerry privately, as it appears they were, it would violate their confidence to identify them. If they were actually made, (and it's hard to tell when since he hasn't been in a position to meet with foreign leaders in the past year), and if they were intended to be kept confidential, he had no business disclosing them at all. He's been in politics long enough to know that statements you make where you say "this happened but I refuse to give you any evidence" don't work in a democracy. If that approach actually were acceptable in politics, then Bush saying "I know Saddam had WMD but I can't tell you now, just trust me" would be an unchallengeable statement. But it's not when made by Bush, and it's not when made by Kerry.