I don't think that Senator Kerry would make the same mistakes as president. I think that 9/11 has opened everyone's eyes to the way the real world functions outside of the U.S. I don't think that open warfare is the way to go, either. I think it's something inbetween. The difference between the way President Clinton ran things, and the way Senator Kerry is thinking of running things is that he may not blink. He may take the chance instead of worrying about civilians. Then again, maybe intelligence will be more reliable. It's anyone's guess.
But, I think it's a good bet that while there will be every attempt made to avoid making the same mistakes pre and post 9/11, there will be entirely new mistakes made by the next president.
"Well, as it happens, I wrote the damned SOP," Illescue half snarled, "and as of now, you can bar those jackals from any part of this facility until Hell's a hockey rink! Is that perfectly clear?!" - Dr. Franz Illescue - Honor Harrington: At All Costs
"I don't know what I'm do, or how I do, I just do." - Alexander Ovechkin</sub>
