Kerry's remarks about needing to wage a sensitive war are taken from
this book. Here's the quote:
The plan has three basic parts. The first part focuses on security.
I will fight this war on terror with the lessons I learned in war. I defended this country as a young man, and I will defend it as president of the United States.
I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history.
I lay out a strategy to strengthen our military, to build and lead strong alliances and reform our intelligence system. I set out a path to win the peace in Iraq and to get the terrorists, wherever they may be, before they get us.
Notice how sensitive is the last adjective listed? After effective, thoughtful, strategic, proactive?
It's also a hoot when Cheney, after deriding the idea of a "sensitive war" says this during an interview with
Hugh Hewitt (sorry, can't find the transcript there anymore, it _used_ to be though):
HEWITT (8/12/04): Will the Najaf offensive continue until that city is subdued even if that means a siege of the Imam Ali shrine?
CHENEY: Well, from the standpoint of the shrine, obviously it is a sensitive area, and we are very much aware of its sensitivity
What else is there to say?