Got this old quote via:
http://usjamerica.wordpress.com/2009/12/30/john-kerry-still-right-after-all-of-these-years/It appeared in the NYT magazine on the eve of the 2004 election.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/10/magazine/10KERRY.html?pagewanted=printWhen I asked Kerry what it would take for Americans to feel safe again, he displayed a much less apocalyptic worldview. ”We have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they’re a nuisance,” Kerry said. ”As a former law-enforcement person, I know we’re never going to end prostitution. We’re never going to end illegal gambling. But we’re going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn’t on the rise. It isn’t threatening people’s lives every day, and fundamentally, it’s something that you continue to fight, but it’s not threatening the fabric of your life.”
Couple that with this quote from an earlier interview in 2004 on Meet the Press:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4772030/(The War on Terror) is not primarily a military operation. It's an intelligence gathering, law enforcement, public diplomacy effort.
The wisdom of these words have withstood the test of time.
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