With his self-stated support from un-named foreign leaders, and endorsements from former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Spain's new prime minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, Mr. Kerry's campaign has now had to come out with a statement that he neither seeks or will accept endorsements from foreign leaders.
That he "will not accept these endorsements" is one thing. I've no doubt that secretly the campaign is gleeful about these statements preferring Kerry over Bush. That he is receiving them is another issue and should make the American people wake up and take notice.
The implication of these "endorsements" is that in the eyes of these individuals Mr. Kerry as president will be far more willing to suspend the good of the American people for the will of foreign governments. Whether true or not, the expectation will certainly taint US - foreign relations under a Kerry presidency.
They will expect to receive concessions not in the interests of the US from Kerry, concessions that Bush will not give. That expectation will result in blackmail, of sorts, until Kerry finally, after an appropriate time of holding out, gives in. And you thought only terrorists used threats to elicit certain behavior in governments.
A George Bush government will not negotiate with terrorists and governments seeking to harm US interests, not unlike Ronald Reagan. John Kerry will set the table and spread before them the best we have. "Come and get it!"