Oh, and what part of "I will hunt down and kill the terrorists" would classify Kerry as a pacifist? Or is that the ultimate IHOP waffle? I feel you may not have been listening to both agruments clearly. I know because that statement has become the staple of Kerry's policy regarding homeland defense.
Precisely Spun why Kerry is straddling both sides of the stream. He is vocal in term of aggressiveness towards terrorists (as he should be), but his actions fall short in terms of his language (global test, sensitive war on terror i.e) and his actions (voting against the funding of the troops, calling Allawi a puppet).
I am sure Kerry would make a wonderful President, but just not now. He would make a better peacetime President than a wartime one, and the terrorists would exploit his passiveness if he were elected.