The Bush-Cheney campaign keeps labeling John Kerry a "flip-flopper," but if a change of opinion on Iraq shows indecision, then they should also accuse the American people of being flip-floppers. Shortly after the war began, 76 percent of Americans thought it was worthwhile. Now, fewer than half do. One month into the war, 75 percent of voters approved of how President Bush was handling the war. Today, only 47 percent approve.
Does this mean that Americans are wafflers? No. It means that we now have more information. We now know that Iraq possessed no weapons of mass destruction. We know there was no direct link between Iraq and 9/11. We know that the United States has spent $120 billion, yet terrorism has only increased.
John Kerry's concerns about the war are America's concerns. Further, if a change on Iraq policy were enough to disqualify someone from leading the country, President Bush would need to fire Dick Cheney. During the first Iraq War, Secretary of Defense Cheney warned not to "get bogged down in the problems of trying to take over and govern Iraq." Stubbornness is not the same as strength, and changing one's opinion in light of new evidence is not the same as weakness. Susan T. Fiske Professor of psychology
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