I'm a Veteran of the same war John Kerry fought in and I don't think he'd make a very good Secretary of State.
It's got nothing to do with how I feel about his service in the war, though. I believe he served honorably, unlike the low-life, scum-sucking, draft-dodging, war-avoiding Chickenhawk's who maligned him and questioned his service in a war which they were too cowardly to go to.
G.W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Tom Delay, Rush Limbaugh and the rest of that band of yellow-bellied shitheads aren't fit to breathe the same air as John Kerry.
Why do you think he would not be a very good SOD? The actual title and discussion of this thread is about DOD Sec. however. Why or why not would you want him for that job?
The thread is actually about both positions, one which I failed to address. My apologies.
I don't think he would fit for either position, frankly. He's not that bright, not that very well liked here and abroad and tends to back peddle and pander to certain interests too much to suit me.
If he gets the nod for either position, I suspect it will have more to do with political payback than his qualifications. That would hardly be the first time that's happened, but that won't make it right or in the best interests of the country.
Perhaps he would be better suited with an ambassadorship somewhere.