Kerry Calls for Major Changes in US Policies in Iraq

Voice of America ^ | 17 Apr 2004, 17:08 UTC

[Vision Thing]

AP
John Kerry

U.S. Senator John Kerry, the likely Democratic Party presidential candidate, has made a new appeal for major changes in U.S. policies in Iraq.

His proposals include a new United Nations mission to rebuild Iraq, with a NATO security force under U.S. command to keep order.

Mr. Kerry said in the weekly Democratic Party radio speech that President Bush's Iraq policies have "produced a tragedy of errors." The senator said the United States should not retreat from Iraq but must review its tactics, adding that "staying the course does not mean stubbornly holding to the wrong course."

Senator Kerry said the proposed United Nations mission would organize elections, restore government services and help rebuilt the Iraqi economy. He said a NATO security force under U.S. command would help remove what he called "the 'Made In America' label from the Iraqi occupation."

President Bush also has sought to put a more international face on the U.S.-led coalition. He has suggested a new U.N. resolution to help get other nations to take part.

On Friday, he welcomed a U.N. proposal to dissolve the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council and install a caretaker government that would rule until elections in January of next year.

Senator Kerry voted in 2002 to authorized the war in Iraq, but later became highly critical of the way the administration has conducted it.

[TheOldRepublic]

Kerry's new policy:

"Please Mr. Terrorist don't attack us any more please. Okay?"

[lonevoice]

Kerry said in the weekly Democratic Party radio speech that President Bush's Iraq policies have "produced a tragedy of errors."

Miss Kerry should read the Washington Times article about the Tet Offensive: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1119229/posts. Oh, wait. I'm sure he has read it. He knows exactly what he's doing. He has no shame and no care for our troops whatsoever.

[DoughtyOne]

IMO having the opposition party respond to the President's weekly address is destructive. It serves no other purpose than to undermine US Policy.

If you want to make Saturday morning addresses to the nation, support policies that Americans will vote you in for.

[FairOpinion]

Kerry's new policy:

"Please Mr. Terrorist don't attack us any more please. Okay?"

[TC Rider]

I'm getting so sick of this b@stard.

He lacks the cojones to object to the war or call for the removal of troops. No, he has to do his nuanced cr@p and call for the war to be fought in a 'different' way.

It's no wonder the insurgents in Iraq think they can get away with their current activities. The more they harass our troops, the more ammo they give to Kerry, who they think they can roll over.

Will someone please tell me how this is any different from what he did while giving aid and comfort to the VC while we fought in Vietnam?

[Vision Thing]

Miss Kerry should read the Washington Times article about the Tet Offensive: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1119229/posts. Oh, wait. I'm sure he has read it. He knows exactly what he's doing. He has no shame and no care for our troops whatsoever.

Although we can hope Americans are not as ignorant as they were during the Sixties and early Seventies, Americans must fight to prevent Kerry from turning Iraq into the Vietnam that he desperately wants it to be.

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

He has suggested a new U.N. resolution to help get other nations to take part.

The media conveniently forgets to mention that GW Bush built a coalition of over 50 nations. The U.N. are exactly the people that we don't want in there. The U.N. would install another Ba'athist dictator like Saddam. Kerry is forgetting that the U.N. ducked out early on. What a maroon.

[lonevoice]

Kerry is forgetting that the U.N. ducked out early on

Sadly, I don't think for a minute that he's forgetting. I just pray the American people are more sophisticated in recognizing propaganda than he gives them credit for.

[Rome2000]

While its true that Kerry, the democrats and the leftist press all encourage the enemy to keep fighting and killing our troops, it's up to Bush, his commanders and his political staff to ensure that the enemy'shope of victory is a false one.

The siege of cities that harbor terrorist murderes is a good step in the right direction.

Letting Sadr live was a mistake,Saddam would have killed him on sight, which is why he was hiding out in Iran.

When Sadr is eliminated, and its made clear that the US is at least as prepared as Saddam was to maintain order,all of the encouragement from Democrats in the world isn't going to matter.

[Psycho_Bunny]

Why is this Breaking News?

If I want to know what Kerry is saying, all I have to do is watch what President Bush does and says, and then imagine the opposite.

Then I know what Kerry is saying.

It's an effective strategy that's cut my reading and TV-viewing time in half.

[Vision Thing]

While its true that Kerry, the democrats and the leftist press all encourage the enemy to keep fighting and killing our troops...

Don't you get the feeling that Kerry, the dems, and the leftist press revel in the failure of our troops?

Yes, I question their patriotism.

[Vision Thing]

Great strategy! It lets you focus on Bush while ignoring Kerry.

[Caipirabob]

I just pray the American people are more sophisticated in recognizing propaganda than he gives them credit for.

Fact to fear: 35% of the population voted for Al Gore in 2000. The other 15% was composed of the dead. It's the dead that I'm worried about, but the fact that 1 out of 3 people that I meet are mindless is not comforting with respect to the 2004 campaign.

[JeeperFreeper]

Great labor saving idea.

[secondamendmentkid]

News Alert: John Kerry to appear on the hit series "Extreme Makeover". Plastic Surgeon Dr. Jimmy Carville Baldwin Streisand Belafonte, recognizing that the Senator's campaign is terminal without a makeover, has agreed to perform the necessary surgery. Surrogate shill networks have agreed to give it maximum publicity. The ailment, similar to left-cocked peyronies disease, is difficult to hide but the leftist hacks in the press, desperate to get rid of GW, will attempt to convince the public that black is indeed white. Doubtless, 60 Minutes will extol the virtues of this story.

[Gucho]

"U.S. Senator John Kerry, the likely Democratic Party presidential candidate, has made a new appeal for major changes in U.S. policies in Iraq."

Right............beginning with him and Jane at the table with terrorists discussing peace negotiations.

[Captain Kirk]

Ain't a dime's worth of difference betweeen Kerry's plan and Bush's plan. The key solution is to get the hell out of this snake's nest which is only undermining our national defense.

[TheOldRepublic]

All in good time.

[Eastbound]

"Will someone please tell me how this is any different from what he did while giving aid and comfort to the VC while we fought in Vietnam?"

This time he's not sharing a doobie with Hanoi Jane?

He has a different 'We're the bad guys' speech writer?

This time he expects to testify to himself instead of a committee?

Sen. Kerry: 'Tell me, Senator Kerry. How many of those peaceful and law-abiding Iraqi terrorists worshippers of Allah have we beat with truncheons?'

Sen. Kerry: 'Well, Senator. Strange you should ask. Just this morning I read a report from Australia which quoted a French publication quoting a source from Germany who has a relative in Afghanistan who received a phone call from his brother in Iran who has a friend in Syria who just got a letter from his step-sister in Iraq who lives in a small town outside of Baghdad who was told by a suicide-harness salesman that his brother, a black-clad peaceful citizen, was pummelled by occupation forces just because he wouldn't lay down his gun poster of Allah.'

Sen. Kerry: 'How much credence do you give that report, Sen. Kerry?'

Sen. Kerry: 'Credence? Hey! If you can't trust an Iraqi salesman, who can you trust?