Posted on 01/06/2010 11:44:45 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Kerry slams Cheney's 'hysteria' By Eric Zimmermann - 01/06/10 01:47 PM ET
Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) is taking up the Democrats' cry against the GOP for "politicizing" the Christmas Day attack.
From a statement Kerry issued this afternoon:
“Unfortunately, too many Republicans have treated this episode as a political opportunity. Led by former Vice President Dick Cheney, they have resorted to partisan denunciations that serve no legitimate purpose and have no place in the nation’s vital debate over how to fight terrorism. The hysteria of Mr. Cheney and some of his fellow Republicans is sadly reminiscent of the days when the previous administration substituted fear mongering for sound policy and led us into an unnecessary and tragic war in Iraq while starving a necessary conflict in Afghanistan."
Full statement after the jump.
WASHINGTON, D.C.--Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) released the following statement this afternoon in reaction to GOP criticism following the attempted Christmas Day attack two weeks ago:
“The failed attempt to bring down a commercial aircraft on Christmas Day is a sober reminder that combating international terrorism remains an extremely urgent foreign policy priority and a top national security mission for the administration.
“Unfortunately, too many Republicans have treated this episode as a political opportunity. Led by former Vice President Dick Cheney, they have resorted to partisan denunciations that serve no legitimate purpose and have no place in the nation’s vital debate over how to fight terrorism. The hysteria of Mr. Cheney and some of his fellow Republicans is sadly reminiscent of the days when the previous administration substituted fear mongering for sound policy and led us into an unnecessary and tragic war in Iraq while starving a necessary conflict in Afghanistan.
“President Obama was right to demand a full and immediate review of the intelligence failures that permitted the would-be bomber to board a flight from Amsterdam to Detroit. The president acted quickly and decisively while avoiding the sensationalism Americans too often witnessed over the last eight years. He should be applauded for forthrightly pinpointing the failure of our intelligence agencies to connect the dots available to them and demanding reforms that will reduce the chances of this sort of mistake occurring again.
“Congress has a vital role to play and critical questions to ask in ensuring that the reforms required to protect the American people will be implemented quickly and effectively.
“American foreign policy is strongest when it is bipartisan and there is no room for those who try to exploit a potentially tragic incident for political gain. We need a better discussion, and a bipartisan one, on these questions, and that will be an agenda for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 2010. Based on an ongoing staff investigation, the Committee will conduct a hearing on counter-terrorism policy in Yemen when Congress returns from recess in mid-January.
Get a hip Kerry.
To be serious, Kerry is venting considering Iran rejected his ketchup offer of a visit.
Kerry is just mad because even though he knows Hanoi Jane, Iran would not grant him a visa to go in country and bash America.
Blah...blah...blah..
Please go to Iran - PERMANANTLY
Janet Neopolitan’s response to the attempted bombing, and Zerobama’s non-reaction to her “The system worked / the system failed” flip-flop, is Zero’s “You’re doing a heckuva job, Brownie” moment.
I think you spell his name Juan Karie or something like that, but anyway I think he did spend some time in Vietnam but it was a short stay as he was allergic to the mosquitoes or something there and kept getting these purple marks or something on his skin. I think that is right. Not sure though since it was so long ago.
Jean le Kerry is hysterical, a veritable clown.
These days, making fun of the French doesn’t have the same oomph. Kerry is always an idiot of opportunity, and fair game.
Oh yeah,that is the perfect description of Cheney, he’s so prone to hysteria . . .
Nary a day goes by that he’s not whining & stomping his feet.
Oh wait, no that’s democrats.
He was for something, then he was against it, then he was for something, and then he was against it, when he was again for something he was against it, something like that, its hard to tell with him, he keeps changing his mind. I think he was the guy that swam to Cambodia on a Christmas eve some time in the late 60’s, during the Johnson Nixon Administration.
Cheny, on the other hand, is. Frankly, it's hard to take anything Kerry says seriously.
Mr. “Reminiscent of Ghengis Khan” would know a lot about histrionics.
He’s just having flash backs from his Christmas in Cambodia.
Cheney - as usual - is right over the target.
And here we see another liberal whiny cry-baby in action
Dick Cheney uses pepper spray to spice up his steaks.
This from the guy who is dying to visit Iran and bow down to the mullahs.
Not hard to tell who a whack job (well, besides Teresa).
PLEEZE JON CARY SAV UZ WE R STUK IN IRAK
Shut up Lerch and take care of your wife already.....
Has Kerry been to Hanoi lately to view his display in the revolutionary museum?
He sure likes to kill off those southeast Asians.
Now that's funny. They used GITMO at every turn to slander President Bush. They used Iraq against Republicans despite Saddam violating 16 UN Resolutions. The Rats pretended waterboarding is torture as a political tool.
Hey Kerry, go buy a clue!
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