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Posted on 08/01/2004 5:23:49 PM PDT by FairOpinion
James P. Rubin, senior foreign-policy adviser to the campaign, sat down in Detroit with NEWSWEEK's Richard Wolffe to explain what would be different under a Kerry administration. Excerpts:
John Kerry regards an Iran as a state sponsor of terrorism armed with nuclear weapons as unacceptable. He has a multiple-part strategy that is much more realistic than the Bush administration's. "The point is to try to prevent Iran from ever getting this material surreptitiously. Thirdly, he has proposed that rather than letting the British, the French and the Germans do this themselves, that we together call the bluff of the Iranian government, which claims that its only need is energy. And we say to them: "Fine, we will provide you the fuel that you need if Russia fails to provide it." Participating in such a diplomatic initiative makes it more likely to succeed.
(Excerpt) Read more at msnbc.msn.com ...
Logic????
Current US/Bush policy:
"The U.S. government has long been worried that Tehran is using its nuclear-energy program to develop nuclear weapons, and has therefore repeatedly urged Moscow to halt work on the reactor it is building for the Iranians at Bushehr."
RUSSIA AND IRAN: WHO IS STRONG-ARMING WHOM?
The Bush Administration is trying to keep Russia from giving nuclear fuel to Iran, Kerry says, if Russia won't give it to Iran, we will.
Is Kerry SANE???
Nope!!
But did you hear that he was in Vietnam for four months?
Democrats--We're Against Nuclear Power, Unless You're a Terrorist-Sponsoring Nation!
Why isn't GW Bush running this quote in his campaign advertising on TV 24 and 7?
For that matter, is Bush even running TV ads (IA resident here, haven't seen one.)
Is the Kerry campaign aware that even Iran has given up maintaining the ridiculous facade that they are developing only a nuclear energy program? I know Kerry has been skipping his national security briefings to attend fund raising events, but somebody should alert him the mullahs have repeated stated they are working on a nuclear bomb.
Sounds fine to me. If this flip fails, all Kerry has to do is flop to the Iranians, and ask them to give the nukes back.
Kerry was in Vietnam?
[And no, he is NOT sane. And neither is the almost 50% of the electorate that is planning to vote for him] God help us all.
Idiot. I almost miss Gore. Yes, Gore was a shrieking psycho, but he DID have core beliefs. Yes, they were screwey, but he actually did take stands on issues.
This guy is just a roaring ( )*( ).
bttt
Like the commercial where the guy says, "But, I did stay in a Holiday Inn express last night." Its the answer to every question.
From Kerry's DNC acceptance speech
"We need to lead a global effort against nuclear proliferation – to keep the most dangerous weapons in the world out of the most dangerous hands in the world."
Evidently, he does not consider Iran to be dangerous.
Kerry wants to make sure Iran doesn't acquire nukes "surreptitiously", so he'll hand them nukes, instead.
The DNC wants you on their policy team. You've got potential. LOL
Another Kerry stand on Foreign policy:
"I believe the Bush Administration's blustering unilateralism is wrong, and even dangerous, for our country. In practice, it has meant alienating our long-time friends and allies, alarming potential foes and spreading anti-Americanism around the world."
--- Kerry, Foreign Policy Speech
Georgetown University, Jan. 23, 2003
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/issues/kerr012303spfp.html
Apparently, according to Kerry, "alarming potential foes" is a bad thing!
And more on Kerry's foreign policy:
"I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."
--- Kerry, Inteview with Harvard Crimson, Feb. 18, 1970
http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=352185
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"We need a new approach to national security - a bold, progressive internationalism that stands in stark contrast to the too often belligerent and myopic unilateralism of the Bush Administration."
--- Kerry, Foreign Policy Speech
Georgetown University, Jan. 23, 2003
http://www.gwu.edu/~action/2004/issues/kerr012303spfp.html
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"And in the first hundred days in office, I will go to the United Nations -- I will go in the first weeks -- and I will travel to our traditional allies to affirm that the United States of America has rejoined the community of nations. "
I will treat the United Nations as a full partner -- not as an obstruction to get by -- not only in the war on terror, but in combating other common enemies, like AIDS and global poverty. We must seek not only to renew the mandate of the U.N., but to reform its operations and revitalize its capacity. And if I am president, the United Nations will be seen as the asset that it is, not a liability to a safer America. "
--- Kerry, Speech at Center for Foreign Relations, Dec. 3, 2003
http://www.cfr.org/pub6576//making_america_secure_again_setting_the_right_course_for_foreign_policy.php
If elected, John Kerry will be sitting down with the leaders of our major friends and allies and demanding action. But he will do that in a way that expresses understanding for other people's points of view, that involves listening and leading rather than alienating, and that involves old-fashioned persuasion and an appreciation for other cultures and values.
These nitwits are stuck in a 9/10 mindset.
"these 2 spew crap constantly."
Hep me. Hep me. I can't keep up.
Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but he seems to be promising Iran access to *conventional* fuel, thereby eliminating their excuse for building a nuclear reactor.
Go to the link and read the entire paragraph.
It's all about nuclear fuel.
That is what Russia is giving Iran, so Kerry says, if Russia won't give it to them, we will.
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