Indeed, Kerry's entire Middle East policy is shaping up to be as one-sided and tin-eared to Arab sensibilities as the Bush administration's. While the candidate has presented himself as the man to repair America's image abroad and rebuild her alliances, his feeble critique of Bush's Iraq policy and giddy love affair with Ariel Sharon is unlikely to win back the disillusioned Arab masses.
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As the campaign rolls towards its climax in November, candidate Kerry continues to perfect an anti-Saudi routine that offers a cost-free shot to Bush's solar plexus. If he really intends to win the race, however, he should consider pulling that particular punch. Whatever the merits of his arguments, he risks oversimplifying a complex strategic conundrum and scapegoating a loyal ally. A president Kerry could end up repeating Bush's Iraq blunder by painting the United States into a rhetorical corner in which its vital interests are at stake and in which it has no obvious strategy for success.