Submitted by GaryGagliardi on
According to Sun Tzu, all this "bad" news about the war and the 9/11
commission will hurt Bush. Even the normally solid strategic thinker, Dick
Morris gets this wrong in
his
recent article. Sun Tzu's strategy teaches that it is basic positioning
that counts, not issues. As long as the issue is the war on terror, Bush has
the position that wins the election. Since the split in the Democratic party
over Vietnam in 1968, the anti-military wing of the party has built an certain
image of the Democratic Party that makes it unappealing in times of war.
Kerry's own record on war is almost unimportant, but it certainly doesn't help
that he was part of the anti-war movement. The sense is that Democrats
consider other priorities--political correctness, cultural sensitivity,
international relations, rights to privacy--as more important that defense and
security. As long as the central issue is war, Republicans win big in Nov. Not
only the president, but in Congress as well.