The flap about which these students write is based on an email alleged to have been sent from Kerry to an Iranian newspaper   " saying that Kerry will try to repair the damage done by the incumbent president if he wins the election." "... America needs the kind of leadership that will repair alliances with countries on every continent that have been so damaged in the past few years, as well as build new friendships and overcome tensions with others." Adding further: "He believes that collaboration with other countries is crucial to efforts to win the war on terror and make America safer."

If Kerry's office sent this email, which is unproven, it is a LONG way from saying that Kerry is in bed with Iranians or anyone else. If he is garnering world support by offering to heal spme of the blazing gaffes of his predecessor by using diplomacy instead of bombing runs, what of it?

He wouldn't gain much in world opinion if he offered to continue the aggressions and ill-thought out miltant policies of his predecessor, I think.

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