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For those who missed the debate, Kerry said, "the president always has the right... for preemptive strike... No president, through all of American history, has ever ceded, and nor would I, the right to preempt in any way necessary to protect the United States of America... But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in a way that passes the test, that passes the global test."

Through some friends at CBS News, I've been able to acquire a rare copy of The Global Test (hat tip: Danny-boy... I owe ya one!). From what I gather, the Global Test was written in 1972 -- on a highly advanced typewriter -- and reads as follows:

The Global Test

You have six minutes to complete the test. Please use a number 2 pencil to mark each of your answers. Turn your sheet in at the Front Desk of the UN Building when you have completed the test.

1) Your country is engaged in an unpopular war in Southeast Asia, but one which is necessary to contain Communism. Should you:

[] A) Attempt to gain a draft deferment
[] B) Join the US Navy's Swiftboat group because you think you won't be exposed to heavy fire
[] C) Game the Navy's system by reporting minor injuries in order to gain three purple hearts, which allows you to bureaucratically exit from the combat theater
[] D) All of the above

2) You are a veteran returning from a bitterly contested war and have an opportunity to publicize your views on the war. Should you:

[] A) Claim that your fellow soldiers, "personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals , cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly shot civilians, razed villages in fashion reminiscent of Genghis Kahn, shot cattle and dogs for fun, poisoned food stocks, and generally ravaged the country side... "
[] B) Provide ammunition to the enemy with which they can torture American POW's to solicit confessions
[] C) Illegally meet with the enemy in France
[] D) All of the above

3) Your country is engaged in a 'Cold War' on Communism. Your president believes that the "Evil Empire" is susceptible to a massive arms buildup, which it cannot possible match. He also believes that such a buildup could bankrupt the Communist regime without a shot being fired and thus result in the spread of democratic freedom throughout Asia. Should you:

[] A) Stand up in the Senate and say, "The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed 'window of vulnerability' which we now know not to exist."
[] B) Stand up in the Senate and sayin the Senate and say, "We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don't need and can't use."
[] C) Unilaterally negotiate terms of surrender with the French
[] D) All of the above

4) Your country is combating the Communist Sandanistas in Latin America. Should you:

[] A) Attempt to appease the Communists by publicly stating, "We believe this is a wonderful opening for a peaceful settlement…";
[] B) Conduct a pointless witch-hunt of Americans fighting Communists;
[] C) Call the American President's actions, "Barbaric"
[] D) All of the above

5) Your country is combating a global war on terror, which consists of campaigns in Afghanistan and Iraq. Should you:

[] A) Insult our Allies, calling them a "coalition of the coerced and bribed"
[] B) Insult the leader of a free Iraq when he visits the United States to speak in front of Congress
[] C) Have your sister undermine the American alliance with Australia
[] D) All of the above

6) For two decades, your country has armed itself to provide protection for the innocent, promote peace, and spread democracy throughout the world. Should you:

[] A) Vote against every significant weapons system over a 20 year period, including the B-1 Bomber, the B-2 Stealth Bomber, the F-14, F-15, and F-16 Fighters, the M1 Abrams Tank, the Patriot Missile, the AH-64 Apache Helicopter, the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, and the Aegis Air-Defense Cruiser, and others.
[] B) Attempt to curtail funding for every major Intelligence budget
[] C) During the rise of Bin Laden and global terrorism (1997), ask, "now that [the Cold War] is over, why is it that our vast intelligence apparatus continues to grow?"
[] D) All of the above

If you answered "All of the above" on each and every answer, odds are you're John Kerry!



Credits:
Question 1:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/03/07/wkerr07.xml&sSheet=/news/2004/03/07/ixnewstop.html
http://www.swiftvets.com/
Question 2:
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/staticpages/index.php?page=20040227123739537
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=40683
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1091943/posts
Question 3:
http://www.aim.org/aim_report/1786_0_4_0_C/
http://www.aim.org/aim_report/1786_0_4_0_C/
Question 4:
http://www.aim.org/media_monitor_print/1390_0_2_0/
http://wizbangblog.com/archives/003386.php
http://www.aim.org/media_monitor_print/1390_0_2_0/
Question 5:
http://www.nypost.com/postopinion/opedcolumnists/28012.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,1282,-4509663,00.html
Question 6:
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2004/07/voice-of-john-kerry-i-can-hear-it.html
http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2004/07/voice-of-john-kerry-i-can-hear-it.html
http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3146.html
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[lrb111]

very well done db,

I was sure i would find sonmething about a recertation on Xmas in Cambodia under Q.4.
He used that lie on the floor of the senate to help make his case against the Contras, and for the (commie) sandinistas.
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said Democratic Chairman Terry McAuliffe. "It is inexcusable to mock service and sacrifice."
well, when even the DNC can see it,,,,, then kerry is toast.