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09/13/2004:

"Kerry Stuck in Political Quagmire"

WASHINGTON — John Kerry is lost in the fog of war and can`t find his way out.

While the near-legendary Republican attack machine has received much credit for ensnaring the Democratic presidential challenger in his own Vietnam web, Kerry has braided his own noose in his dealings with today`s war in Iraq.

U.S. casualties have topped 1,000. Baghdad was engulfed in one of the deadliest days of the war yesterday and there are growing suspicions that the U.S. military has ceded large swaths of territory to insurgents in Iraq, so they will not be in bloody battle during the electoral homestretch back home.

Still, Kerry`s muddled message on Iraq has done the near-impossible — pushing up George W. Bush`s approval on his handling of the war with only 50 days left until election day.

Full Article : commondreams.org