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Or, John F'n Kerry wants to seductively display his man boobs. One can only guess at the pathetic motivations of a Senator criticizing U.S. foreign policy while overseas, in the presence of a former Iranian President who only months ago, defended executing gays. His behavior is similar to that of the ditzy chicks, which garnered them a glossy, nude cover photo, air brushing and all.

Kerry: U.S. A "Pariah" Nation Under Bush

"When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy," Kerry said.
"So we have a crisis of confidence in the Middle East — in the world, really. I've never seen our country as isolated, as much as a sort of international pariah for a number of reasons as it is today."

This is ridiculous for it's inaccuracy. Kyoto was rejected by Clinton and the Senate. The Bush administration has already spent more on Africa, to help fight AIDS, than Clinton did in his entire eight years and the administration wants to increase the amount as noted by Ed Morrissey at Captain's Quarters.

He took the time to scold the Bush administration for its lack of effort on AIDS and other diseases in Africa. However, Bush has already spent more on these issues than the last Democratic administration did in eight years. Humanitarian aid to Africa comprised $1.4 billion a year at the end of the Clinton administration, but Bush has tripled that to $4 billion per year -- and wants to more than double it over the next two years:

Ed's conclusion:

So not only is John Kerry a hypocrite, he's also an ignoramus. However, we have noticed that the Davos forum has become, over the years, a convention of sorts for both. Kerry should feel right at home.

Unfortunately, Kerry continues:

"We need to do a better job of protecting our interests, because after all, that's what diplomacy is about," he said. "But you have to do it in a context of the reality, not your lens but the reality of those other cultures and histories."
Kerry criticized what he called the "unfortunate habit" of Americans to see the world "exclusively through an American lens."

And our lens should be what, that of holocaust deniers, those that speak of creating another holocaust, those that hang rape victims and gays and support terrorists that kill our troops? Should we wait until our women are forced under burqas and we all suffer under dhimmitude and view from that lens?

"I don't care how many troops are put in — Iraq is not going to be pacified," Kerry said. "Now, we are partly responsible. The absence of legitimate significant diplomacy is a disgrace. Quick flights in by a secretary of state are not diplomacy."

He's never heard of a phone? I wonder if he'll apply the same criteria to Pelosi and Senator Clinton's quickie "fact finding" trips to Iraq? Never pacified? This guy apparently loves to give propaganda points to our enemies.

"There should be a special envoy, maybe a joint bipartisan special envoy. Why not a President Clinton together with a Republican of high ability, and bring them together and really work the process?"

Because BJ did such a good job with the Israeli and Palestinian problem? Kerry still apparently thinks that diplomacy is always best. Well, at least after he's voted for military action, you know, that whole voted for before voting against it thing.

You can see a video at Hotair of Kerry's remarks. Allahpundit also has this to say:

The unwritten rule about politics ending at the water’s edge is long gone and we’re going to have to think very hard now about how best to restore it. If that means Gingrich or Giuliani going over to Israel or Australia or Japan when the Democrats are back in the White House and badmouthing the new president’s foreign policy, so be it. Tit for tat.

Unfortunately, I don't see much of a receptive audience in the world for such a tit for tat response. Maybe in new Europe or perhaps Australia to some extant, or some Asian countries maybe. Certainly, the MSM, which twists the language so that bipartisan always means doing what Democrats or the left says, will only respond in their biased manner and then flip back when an administration to their liking is in power. At best, it will only justify continuing such tactics while also removing the possibility of holding to the moral high ground, while beating them over the head with it.

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit sums Kerry up:

JOHN KERRY does it again. Like Jimmy Carter, he'll never forgive America for rejecting him, and he'll console himself with the approval of America's enemies.

But hey, maybe Lurch will get a sexy photo spread just like the ditzy chicks.

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