05 FEB 07 / "The Anti-American Lens"

In word and deed, John Kerry has been anti-American throughout his public life. In Davos, Switzerland last month, Kerry ingratiated himself with Europeans by again making public comments that revealed his true nature and shocked many people here at home. Speaking at the World Economic Forum, he openly ridiculed the United States to the delight of many in the audience.

"The problem with Americans is they have an unfortunate habit of seeing the world through an American lens," Kerry said. He also referred to the United States as an "international pariah."

The problem with the people of Massachusetts is they keep electing this embarrassment to the United States Senate. Since he's so well-suited to sucking up to elitist globalists, Kerry should have been a diplomat like his father instead of trying to be a national leader.

Since American voters rejected Kerry in 2004, it's possible that he feels justified in making disparaging remarks about his country.

"When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don't advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we set a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy," Kerry said.

It's ironic that Kerry himself cast one of the unanimous votes in the U.S. Senate in 1997 against the Kyoto Protocol, an international treaty that President Clinton chose not to send to the Senate -- but the Senate rejected it outright anyway.

Regarding AIDS relief in Africa, the Bush administration is spending $4 billion annually, triple the amount of the Clinton administration.

What's worse is Kerry's remarks are strikingly like Al-Qaeda's own talking points. When Kerry makes similar comments, it only serves to justify the jihadist propaganda and jeopardize the United States in a war on terror that will be decided by public relations and political will.

Despite criticizing his own country as a pariah, Kerry said nothing against Iran's violation of United Nations non-proliferation accords or its support for Hezbollah and jihadists, who are undermining democracy in Lebanon and Iraq. Instead, Kerry appeared on stage with former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, even signing an autograph for him.

It seems that the senator from Massachusetts actually believes the United States is not a force for good in the world, but for evil. We should be thankful he was not elected president.