MARK HELPRIN says that both the Democrats and the Republicans are clueless on the war. That’s unfortunate, since one party or the other will be in charge of it for the foreseeable future.

Over the weekend, though, a reader sent the best argument I’ve heard so far for putting Kerry in charge: Overnight, the press coverage would shift from negative to positive, good news from Iraq would be widely reported, misbehavior by American troops would be put in its proper context, and so on. This would, at a stroke, deprive the terrorists of their greatest asset.

Sadly, I find this argument surprisingly compelling. . . .

UPDATE: Comments on Helprin here. And, via Neal Boortz, what some British papers are calling two good reasons to vote for Kerry that the American media will probably cover up. Hey, I’m for transparency! [LATER: A reader says I should label this link NSFW. But she’s fully clothed!]

ANOTHER UPDATE: Yes, my “best argument so far” comments are not entirely serious. Please stop sending me horrified emails.