  Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife attacked John Kerry on Thursday for suggesting that America should wage a "more sensitive" war on terror. "America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive," Cheney told a group of veterans.
Cheney's wife, Lynne, echoed her husband's sentiments: "This is the kind of left-wing foolishness that certainly isn't appropriate for someone who would seek to be commander-in-chief. " The fact is, though, that we must fight a more sensitive war on terror. Waging traditional campaigns will help us complete a few operations, but unless we are more sensitive to the unique situations, cultures, etc., we will not win the war on terror. Look at Iraq. I'm no military historian, but from reading Bob Woodward's "Plan of Attack," I would guess that more planning went into the invasion of Iraq than any other military campaign in American history. So what? Our troops are dying every day. Very little progress has been made toward withdrawing our troops. And we certainly haven't quelled terrorism in the region -- the conflict in Najaf is evidence of that. That's due, in large part, to the fact that we terribly misjudged the manner in which we'd be received.
Dick Cheney told government officials that the Iraqis would greet our troops with flowers and candy. Wrong. We must accept the fact that traditional military operations in the Middle East will not quell the hatred of America that leads to terrorism. To believe otherwise is the kind of right-wing foolishness that certainly isn't appropriate for someone who would seek to be commander-in-chief. 
