Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

1998: Kerry calls for ground troops to topple Saddam; Clinton not tough enough
The Boston Globe | February 23, 1998 | Aaron Zitner, Globe Staff

Posted on 06/20/2004 9:29:57 AM PDT by nwrep

WASHINGTON -- Senator John F. Kerry, who began his public life as a Vietnam War protester, said yesterday that the United States should use ground troops to topple Iraqi President Saddam Hussein if he does not comply with international demands to give up chemical and biological weapons.

Kerry, a potential presidential candidate in 2000, said sending US troops into Iraq should be "the last option, but it is a legitimate option."

The state's junior senator said President Clinton had not been tough enough in his measures to subdue the Iraqi president.

Because Iraq will try to rebuild its chemical and biological weaponry after a US air attack, "we will not eliminate the problem for ourselves or for the rest of the world with a bombing attack," Kerry said.

Kerry said his conditional support for using ground troops put him "way ahead of the commander in chief, and I'm probably way ahead of my colleagues, and certainly of much of the country. But I believe this."


TOPICS: Announcements; Breaking News; Front Page News; Politics/Elections; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: 1998; kerry; napalminthemorning; saddam; wot; x42
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-123 next last
To: nwrep

I am pro-war when the time calls for it.


101 posted on 06/20/2004 7:08:29 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 69 | View Replies]

To: FairOpinion

"Great find!

Someone should put this in an ad.

Kerry 1971
Kerry 1998
Kerry 2002 (when he said Saddam had WMD)
Kerry 2004"

Some people have complained that W is being too nice. It is these kind of juggernauts that are being saved for maximum effect. Some say it may be too late to win some votes. But just like in Florida, to win some votes you have to cancel others . Not after the fact like when the Dems tried to steal Florida but before the fact by demoralizing voters for Kerry. There is so much ammo saved and some will trickle out just after the DNC convention and then shortly after Sept. 11 and then....Ka Boooooom!!!


102 posted on 06/20/2004 7:17:54 PM PDT by torchthemummy (Florida 2000: There Would Have Been No 5-4 Without A 7-2)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: windchime
Nice job pulling all that together.

I read it the same way, Peach. Evidently he doesn't know there's a record of what he says.

OR HE BELIEVES that the Main Stream Media can drown out anything else that comes up and if quizzed he can deny it. He NEVER gives a straight forward statement on anything it seems to me. His statements are long, with lots of conditions and qualifiers.

103 posted on 06/20/2004 9:46:09 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 96 | View Replies]

To: gcruse

You might find this of interest.


104 posted on 06/20/2004 10:42:48 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach (The terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States - and war is what they got!!!!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave

"What the hell happened to the guy?"

Thanks!

I think he says whatever is immediately advantageous and is without core beliefs. Until his recent "ascension", I didn't pay much attention to him, but my bet is that it isn't a new characteristic.


105 posted on 06/21/2004 12:58:01 AM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 100 | View Replies]

To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

"He NEVER gives a straight forward statement on anything it seems to me. His statements are long, with lots of conditions and qualifiers."

Thanks!

Exactly! His survival is dependent upon the MSM.


106 posted on 06/21/2004 1:46:20 AM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 103 | View Replies]

To: nwrep; StriperSniper; Mo1; Peach; Howlin; kimmie7; 4integrity; BigSkyFreeper; RandallFlagg; ...

It's a VRWC I tell ya!!!!


107 posted on 06/21/2004 3:56:40 AM PDT by OXENinFLA
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: windchime

"I think he says whatever is immediately advantageous and is without core beliefs. Until his recent "ascension", I didn't pay much attention to him, but my bet is that it isn't a new characteristic."

You are correct. This is a long time pattern, and we haven't been that aware of it.

Now he is under a microscope, and his friendly mediots can't hide what he says one day/year and reverses himself the next day/year.



108 posted on 06/21/2004 6:55:40 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 105 | View Replies]

To: nwrep

bump


109 posted on 06/21/2004 9:02:02 AM PDT by Kate of Spice Island ('Effin the ineffible since '91.")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave

"Now he is under a microscope, and his friendly mediots can't hide what he says one day/year and reverses himself the next day/year."

That is why I have difficulty believing he will be the dem candidate in November.


110 posted on 06/21/2004 8:39:26 PM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 108 | View Replies]

To: windchime

"That is why I have difficulty believing he will be the dem candidate in November."

I think that any rat will have problems with what they said and did from now on.

That goes for Sinator Hildebea$t and the remainder of the drawfs from this year.

Look at what we did to Clark and Dean in such a short time.

I'm sure that this one reason al Querry is taking forever to name his veep candidate. As soon as whomever is named, Free Republic and other conservatives will have a book on it that will not be good reading for the rats.


111 posted on 06/21/2004 10:23:37 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 110 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave
"I'm sure that this one reason al Querry is taking forever to name his veep candidate. As soon as whomever is named, Free Republic and other conservatives will have a book on it that will not be good reading for the rats."

I'm sure many here have a little info stash on some of the potential picks. Susan Estrich claimed tonight on H&C that it will be Edwards. A trial lawyer would be a particularly good selection. :)

The Trial Lawyer’s Shtick

112 posted on 06/22/2004 12:03:46 AM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 111 | View Replies]

To: windchime

Freepers have a ton of stuff on the Breck Girl posing as a male rat senator.


113 posted on 06/22/2004 8:08:14 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 112 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave

That's good! So maybe we should tell sKerry to 'bring 'im on'.


114 posted on 06/22/2004 8:42:15 AM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 113 | View Replies]

To: windchime

al Kerry will probaby wait until the rat convention to announce his Kerrorist VP candidate to avoid the hellfire and brimstone explosion that will happen.


115 posted on 06/22/2004 8:54:01 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]

To: windchime

al Kerry will probaby wait until the rat convention to announce his Kerrorist VP candidate to avoid the hellfire and brimstone explosion that will happen.


116 posted on 06/22/2004 8:54:59 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (John Fonda al Kerry began his political life as a Pro Commy Vietnam War protester!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 114 | View Replies]

To: Grampa Dave

I think he will, too.


117 posted on 06/22/2004 9:04:00 AM PDT by windchime (Podesta about Bush: "He's got four years to try to undo all the stuff we've done." (TIME-1/22/01))
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 116 | View Replies]

To: nutmeg

BTTT


118 posted on 06/22/2004 9:08:05 PM PDT by nutmeg (God bless President Ronald Reagan)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: nwrep
Definitely need to send what you've found to the GWB campaign HQ.
If The Bush Administration Lied About WMD, So Did These People
compiled by John Hawkins

119 posted on 06/24/2004 8:33:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: sweetliberty; Mo1
Can't quote 'em, but can we link to 'em? Let's find out: Kerry names 1969 self as VP [the Onion]

some related topics on FR:
Isn't it obvious? Ralph Nader will be Kerry's running mate!
this message reprised from another thread.
George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent

120 posted on 06/24/2004 8:41:13 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Unlike some people, I have a profile. Okay, maybe it's a little large...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 48 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-20 ... 61-8081-100101-120121-123 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson