it's official

We now know for certain what the “F” in John F. Kerry stands for.

Freaking moonbat.

Democrats, led by Mr. Bush's presumptive opponent in the presidential race, Senator John Kerry, seized the moment to question the underlying logic of Mr. Bush's Iraq policy.

“We can't allow this to continue,” Mr. Kerry said, meeting with reporters on Monday. “There has to be a political, diplomatic solution which, regrettably, this administration seems stubbornly determined to avoid.”

He called the absence of Arab neighbors as part of the stabilization force “staggering,” saying, “All have a major stake in not having a failed Iraqi state, no matter how they feel about our getting there.”

No, Senator, what is “staggering” is that you would even make such a gobsmackingly boneheaded statement.

Now: if you would name even one Arab nation that (1) wants Iraq to succeed as a prosperous and free nation; (2) has military units of such quality that our forces would not need to babysit; and (3) would be welcomed by the Iraqis themselves—well, then, I will vote for you in November.

But I won't have to. Because no such Arab nation exists.

Either the Senator knows this, in which case he presumes that the American public is too stupid to recognize a bloviating politico, or he doesn't, in which case his vaunted “nuance” is a cover for dithering ignorance.

(Via The Corner.)

UPDATE: Perhaps the candidate was thinking of this?

UPDATE 2: Over to Bryan Preston.