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Glenn Reynolds is quoting a John Kerry speech in which Kerry sounds a lot like President Bush.

The New York Post - John Kerry yesterday rapped President Bush's handling of a dangerous world, as the Democratic contender put international terrorists on notice that he would "crush" al Qaeda's networks if he wins the White House.

In what his campaign billed as a major foreign-policy address, Kerry said that despite the fierce election-year politics, the country is standing together when it comes to preventing future attacks.

"This country is united in its determination to destroy you," said Kerry of the terrorists, in the first of a series of foreign-policy speeches timed to coincide with Memorial Day and President Bush's trip to Europe for D-Day ceremonies.

"As commander in chief, I will bring the full force of our nation's power to bear on finding and crushing your networks. We will use every available resource to destroy you," Kerry said in Seattle.

The Massachusetts senator added, "As president, my No. 1 security goal will be to prevent the terrorists from gaining weapons of mass murder. And our overriding mission will be to disrupt and destroy their terrorist cells."

I'd be on my way to believing him if I weren't tripping over his voting record on the way. This guy has rarely supported any sort of legislation that has been beneficial to our military, yet as we get closer to election day Kerry's words seem more and more to indicate that he would be a pro-military President. Which should I believe, his words during his campaign or his actions in the past?

Actions speak louder than words my friends. His speech sounds nice and all but I don't think he's got the gumption to back it up.