[ProudGOP]

I don't see where this thread is going

Is it that Kerry didn't meet with the council but said he did? Or is it that he did, in fact, meet with the council but should not have because he was undermining the authority of executive branch.

[Ukiapah Heep]

Does the Security Council honor requests for meetings with individual citizens now? Goody! I have a few issues I'd like to discuss with them.

[tobyhill]

Where this is going is the separation of the Executive branch and legislative branch. Unless President Bush gave authorization, which he didn't, Kerry crossed the line. Negotiating beyond ones position could be treasonous.

[Steven W.]

Is it that Kerry didn't meet with the council but said he did? Or is it that he did, in fact, meet with the council but should not have because he was undermining the authority of executive branch.

Both / either - the likely explanation is that he LIED again and is another FOREIGN LEADER gaffe. Note research on adjoining TRANSCRIPT thread to see that Kerry was in Iowa that week and does not appear he could have been in New York. Of course all that's moot somewhat because, of course, Kerry did NOT likely meet with the Security Council, as he said, but that he was LYING on Thursday when he said it.

The further troubling aspects point to the fact he's expressing a desire to negotiate with other nations behind the US back when only the US Ambassador to the UN or Secretary of State are typically assigned such duties.

[mewzilla]

I don't see where this thread is going.

The Russians/French/Germans kept reassuring Saddamn we weren'tgoing to invade.

Now where you do you suppose they got that idea?