The record on this flim flam man is unreal.
"I will be a commander-in-chief who will never mislead us into war," claims John Kerry, with a none-too-subtle implication that President George W. Bush lied about the threat posed by Saddam Hussein.
On that note, we decided to take a look at the historical record. Indeed, we wanted to know precisely what the senator from Massachusetts had been saying all along about the Butcher of Baghdad. Lo and behold, we found that Kerry makes a compelling argument in support of President's Bush's actions to free the Iraqi people -- and the world -- from Saddam's terror.
Back in 1991, Kerry voted against the use of force in removing Iraq from neighboring Kuwait (S. J. Res. 2), later explaining that he only "voted against the timing of it. I said very clearly in my statement on the Senate floor that I was committed to getting Saddam Hussein out of Kuwait...and that I was prepared to go to war if it took that...."
Regarding Bill Clinton's attacks on Iraqi targets, Kerry said in 1997, "So clearly the allies may not like it...where's the backbone of Russia, where's the backbone of France, where are they in expressing their condemnation of such clearly illegal activity?"
A year later, after additional bombing, Kerry said,
We have to be prepared to go the full distance, which is to do everything possible to disrupt [Saddam's] regime and to encourage the forces of democracy. ... [H]e can rebuild both chemical and biological. And every indication is, because of his deception and duplicity in the past, he will seek to do that. So we will not eliminate the problem for ourselves or for the rest of the world with a bombing attack. ... I believe that in the post-Cold War period this issue of proliferation, particularly in the hands of Saddam Hussein, is critical.
Three months after the 9/11 attack on our countrymen by state-supported Jihadi terrorists, Kerry argued,
Saddam is one who is and has acted like a terrorist. ... For instance, Saddam Hussein has used weapons of mass destruction against his own people. ... He is and has acted like a terrorist, and he has engaged in activities that are unacceptable.
Reiterating his position on Saddam prior to 9/11, Kerry said, "[I] think we ought to put the heat on Saddam Hussein. I've said that for a number of years. I criticized the Clinton administration for backing off of the inspections...." He then added, "I think we need to put the pressure on, no matter what the evidence is about September 11."
Regarding Afghanistan and Iraq, Kerry said,
I guess he just hasn't used the right conservative buzz phrases yet?
He said he'd never mislead us into a war. This is consistent with all his quotes you posted here, and is not contradicted by any of them.
/Zin
"He said he'd never mislead us into a war. This is consistent with all his quotes you posted here, and is not contradicted by any of them."
-I agree, his past quotes appear to be consistent with his statement about engaging in war.
*corrected an earlier mispost.
-- Modified on 8/15/2004 7:37:56 PM
..and at 3:30am, i'm not so inclined to offer a detailed analysis. But I will say this much:
Saddam's only real mistake was sitting on perhaps the last truly productive oil field in the world when reserves are not nearly what neither OPEC nor the mainstream media would like you to believe. Saddam is a Boy Scout compared to, say, the North Koreans, who IMHO really have it coming to them, but hide behind the Chinese.
The other problem is all that money the old Iraq owed-primarily to France and Russia. They obviously weren't too happy about the US whacking up their collateral for the debt.
This is just the beginning, I could go on and on with this for several volumes. Better to talk about pussy instead.
Clearly, Keery was a hawk when being a hawk was popular. The real problem I have is the chcken hawk turned chickenshit while the boys were in the field!!
Make no mistake, this has EMBOLDENED THE ENEMY. You cannot argue that our internal strife has not had a bolstering effect on the insurgent forces in Iraq. It was the same with the NVA.
Kerry has had access to Senate level intel for YEARS and in fact was supposed to be providing oversight to to intelligence appuratus that has so badly failed us. He is every bit as culpable as Bush.
BK
