Not to beat a dead horse or anything, but...
Kerry used the term "global test", not "international test". I interpreted this in the context of the rest of his statements, and I did not interpret international anywhere.
Shamelessly taken from dictionary.com:
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glob·al
Pronunciation Key (glbl)
adj.
1. Having the shape of a globe; spherical.
2. Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth; worldwide: global war; global monetary policies.
3. Comprehensive; total: “a... global, generalized sense of loss” (Maggie Scarf).
4. Computer Science. Of or relating to an entire program, document, or file.
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Ok, so obviously, he did not mean "spherical test", and he obviously did not say it in the context of computer science, so options 1 and 4 are automatically out. That leaves "worldwide" or "comprehensive". And in the context of everything else he said, it is clear to me that he meant "comprehensive". His entire point was that a President must be able to convince his own people completely that an action is necessary if he can ever hope to convince anyone that the action was right. Bush only managed to convince about 60% tops of the population that invading Iraq was a Good Thing(tm), and that percentage is drastically smaller now that many have realized that the pretenses for invasion were false. It also seems that a large majority of those who do still think it is a good thing are at least to some extent still convinced that Saddam Hussein == Terrorism, despite evidence that Saddam was one of the most powerful enemies to fundamentalist Islamic terrorists in the Middle East.
So, yes, it was an unfortunate choice of words on Kerry's part, due to Bush's campaign managers' penchant for twisting and spinning everything to make Bush look like the greatest thing since sliced bread. That doesn't mean you should believe what comes out of their collective traps concerning Kerry. Listening to one side of the argument always leaves you with a distorted view of the whole issue, and that campaign is the master of distortions. Just look at how they destroyed McCain in 2000, spinned all their policies while in office (Clear Skies Initiative, anyone?), etc.
I'm not saying the Kerry campaign is innocent of this either. But they have been a lot more honest, which counts for a lot in my book.
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