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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/25/politics/campaign/25kerry.html?th
September 25, 2004
THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE
Kerry Promises to Refocus U.S. on Terror War
By ROBIN TONER
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 24 - Escalating his critique of President Bush as commander in chief, Senator John Kerry declared here Friday that the invasion of Iraq was "a profound diversion from the battle against our greatest enemy, Al Qaeda," and asserted that he would refocus the nation's energies on "the real war on terror."
Less than a week before the first presidential debate, Mr. Kerry took aim at what has long been considered Mr. Bush's greatest political strength since 9/11 - the perception that he would do a better job keeping the country safe from future attacks. In two fiery speeches here, with widows from 9/11 and mothers of soldiers at his side, Mr. Kerry dismissed that notion and argued that Mr. Bush's real record on fighting terrorism was a catalogue of mistakes.
"Let me be as blunt and direct with the American people as I can be,'' the Democratic challenger said at Temple University. "The invasion of Iraq was a profound diversion from the battle against our greatest enemy - Al Qaeda - which killed more than 3,000 people on 9/11 and which still plots our destruction today. And there's just no question about it: the president's misjudgment, miscalculation and mismanagement of the war in Iraq all make the war on terror harder to win.
"Iraq is now what it was not before the war - a haven for terrorists. George Bush made Saddam Hussein the priority. I would have made Osama bin Laden the priority. As president, I will finish the job in Iraq and refocus our energies on the real war on terror.''
Mr. Kerry's speech on terrorism came four days after he unveiled a rough new critique of Mr. Bush's handling of the war with Iraq, and was intended to lay the groundwork for next week's debate on foreign policy. It reflected the newly combative tone from the Democratic challenger as he tries to reclaim the political ground lost in August, making the case in speeches and a new round of advertising that Mr. Bush is not a steady wartime leader but a man out-of-touch, who lives "in a fantasy world of spin.''
Mr. Kerry asserted that Mr. Bush had "outsourced" the job of capturing the terrorist leader to "Afghan warlords who let Osama bin Laden slip away.'' He said the president had resisted the creation of the 9/11 commission and then resisted its recommendations for an overhaul of the nation's intelligence system. And, he said, Mr. Bush had mishandled domestic security, not providing the money needed for protecting American ports, mass transit and airports, and leaving the nation vulnerable as a result.
Steve Schmidt, a spokesman for the Bush campaign, said Mr. Kerry was simply embracing "initiatives that the president is already implementing, even as he cynically attacks the president with defeatist rhetoric and talk of retreat.''
Reiterating a counterattack that has emerged in recent days as Mr. Kerry confronts the Republicans on security issues, Mr. Schmidt added, "John Kerry will say anything he thinks benefits him politically, regardless of its effect on our troops in the field and our allies fighting alongside them.''
Outlining his own antiterrorism plan, Mr. Kerry said he would "make Afghanistan a priority again, because it's still the front line in the war on terror.'' He said he would put new emphasis on "denying our most dangerous enemies the world's most dangerous weapons," by securing and reducing nuclear stockpiles. And he said he would lead a new effort to block nuclear weapons programs in North Korea and Iran.
Mr. Kerry also promised to "wage a war on terrorist finances every bit as total as the war we wage on the terrorists themselves.'' He drew one of his biggest rounds of applause when he declared, "I will do what President Bush has not - I will hold the Saudis accountable,'' noting that there had been no public prosecutions of terrorist financers in Saudi Arabia since the Sept. 11 attacks.
The Democratic challenger said he would substantially increase money for securing borders, airports and seaports, including $2 billion to upgrade security on subways and railroads, "so that what happened in Madrid doesn't happen here."
Mr. Kerry also said the United States must have a long-term strategy to deny terrorists "recruits and safe havens.'' He argued that Al Qaeda was engaged in a struggle for the "heart and soul of the Muslim world,'' and the United States could win that war when the people in the region "once again see America as the champion, not the enemy, of their legitimate yearning to live in just and peaceful societies."
To that end, Mr. Kerry advocated an array of proposals to strengthen economic and political development in struggling states, including a new emphasis on debt relief for countries engaged in reform and major increases in money for global health initiatives, particularly those concerning AIDS.
Clearly speaking to the female voters drawn to Mr. Bush because of security issues, Mr. Kerry declared, "No American mother should have to lie awake at night wondering whether her children will be safe at school the next day.''
He was introduced at Temple by two women who lost their husbands in the attacks on the World Trade Center, and he was introduced later in the day at a huge outdoor rally at the University of Pennsylvania by the mother of two soldiers deployed to Iraq, part of a new group of Kerry supporters called Moms with a Mission.
Mr. Kerry, still trying to preserve his voice as he battles a cold, nevertheless seemed to revel in the crowd of thousands that sprawled across a campus green at Penn. He told the cheering crowd that America was "locked in a real struggle'' with terrorism that it must win, but added that the nation could not win by alienating its allies and pushing them to the side.
Mr. Bush "alienated them not because they disagree with his style,'' Mr. Kerry said. "They disagree with his judgment. And we need a new president with a fresh start and better credibility,'' he shouted over the chants of "Kerry! Kerry! Kerry!" He went on, "And I will restore America's reputation in the world and bring us to a better place."
Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr., the Delaware Democrat campaigning with Mr. Kerry on Friday, said Mr. Kerry had told him, "I feel liberated," referring to recent days, when Mr. Kerry had begun to sharpen his attack and confront Mr. Bush head-on on foreign policy.
"Right now, I'm seeing the John Kerry I served with, the guy who says what he thinks,'' Mr. Biden said of a candidate so often described as running his best when running from behind. "I know this John Kerry."
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