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."
"I was for the ( fill in the blank ) before I was against it."
I find it very consistent since outright surrender would also be an option...and he said ground troops was the last option.
He might, but he is delusional So was Mr. Clinton.
This info should be mentioned loudly and often!
Dean urged Clinton to take unilateral action in Bosnia
By Steve Komarow, USA TODAY
Democratic presidential contender Howard Dean, a strong critic of what he calls President Bush's unilateral approach to foreign policy, urged President Clinton to act unilaterally and enter the war in Bosnia in 1995. (Related item: Text of letter)
However, after urging that the US military be used to oust Saddam, he probably urged against authorization of the necessary funds.
Thanks for another great find.
al Querry will rue the day that his buddy al Ghorroid invented the internet.
I now have a new tagline.
John F'n "biker pants" Kerry is backward in coming forward again....the ultimate flip flopper.
An interesting one from the liberal Boston Globe,no less.
In 1998 it was okay,but now it isn't.Am I missing something here?
We should really spread this one around.
For your ping lists.
FYI.
For your indexing.
More good data for your creative minds.
Ping a ling
Yes, absolutely. So was Wellstone.
"Senator Flip Flop." What a disgusting worm he is.
To tell you the truth, Mears, I never HEARD of FnKerry before this year. I mean it. LOL!
I never heard of this worm..........
More evidence of mr. kerry's continual flip flopping. There is no way this sham of a man should have ever been elected to public office including the long tenure he has had as a Federal U.S. Senator. This is more indication that kerry does nothing but stick his fingers in the air to see which way the wind blows before he makes a decision about anything. Anything that at a particular moment in time might make him look good. In this particular instance, this also is more smoke he blew to try to hide his anti-American past so he could possibly use it for his gain in the future. Well six years have past mr. kerry since you made these statements. In contrast we should make sure the whole world knows of your constant flip flopping. mr. kerry, you should try running for office in Saigon(now Ho Chi Mihn City) were a memorial is already dedicated to you and others like you.
Thanks. I'll have to send this to my nephew, who now thinks that "Bush lied" to get us into Iraq. I'm really sick of hearing that refrain.
Because he saw Bosnia as an example of genocide. He didn't see that with Iraq.
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