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Kerry Would Have Done 'Almost Everything Differently' in Iraq
CNSNEWS.com ^ | 9/01/04 | Melanie Hunter

Posted on 09/01/2004 12:40:13 PM PDT by kattracks

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To: kattracks
Kerry added that he would have given weapons inspectors in Iraq more time to search for weapons of mass destruction, not because inspectors would have found all the weapons, "but because by doing do, we could have brought other countries to our side."

... in direct conflict with their own interests.

He'd be waiting a long time.

What makes Kerry particularly scary is that he doesn't seem to understand this. I think he takes our European friends at face value, which is surely a bad thing in this Age of Nuance.

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21 posted on 09/01/2004 12:47:41 PM PDT by daviddennis (;)
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To: kattracks
Kerry Would Have Done 'Almost Everything Differently' in Iraq

Like committing atrocities, getting medals for them, then hurling those medals on the White House Lawn.

22 posted on 09/01/2004 12:47:53 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown" -- harpseal)
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To: goldstategop

This was a crucial speech for Kerry.
How was he received?


23 posted on 09/01/2004 12:48:09 PM PDT by fortheDeclaration
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment

That's the thing. He can look back in time and say what he would have done differently, but he cannot come up with a strategy going forward. What a twerp.


24 posted on 09/01/2004 12:48:11 PM PDT by Freemyland
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To: kattracks

Kerry wanted to co-opt Iraq's oil revenues to pay for the invasion and reconstruction.


Imagine how well that would've gone over with the Arabs, to have us in fact steal the oil?

It is bad enough that they allege that we are stealing their oil, but to actually do it? Kerry's policies as a president would threaten to turn every Arab against us, not just the extremists. As it is now,weare doing quite well to have the support of the moderates and the silent majority... At least that's what I'm reading between the lines.


25 posted on 09/01/2004 12:48:12 PM PDT by coconutt2000
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To: DaveMSmith

As Rush said, Kerry would have sent little Johnny Edwards in to file a class action lawsuit against Saddam.


26 posted on 09/01/2004 12:48:36 PM PDT by RushCrush (Republicans think every day is July 4. Democrats think every day is April 15- R. Reagan)
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To: abc1
It would have been nice if kerry did anything in his Senate career (?).

I really doubt that.

If we can't have a Conservative Senator, at least we should have totally ineffective liberals...

27 posted on 09/01/2004 12:49:18 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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To: kattracks

If Kerry was actually there, he would have collected three bandaid wounds and shagged a*s out of there.


28 posted on 09/01/2004 12:49:23 PM PDT by hgro
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To: VisualizeSmallerGovernment
"If I were in charge of World War II, there would have been no Dunkirk, Battle of the Bulge, or Bataan Death March, but that Japanese Surrender thing would have been pretty cool. Except, of course, I would have done it smarter, better, faster, less expensively and with more sensitivity."

Exactly. Monday morning President.

29 posted on 09/01/2004 12:49:37 PM PDT by Check_Your_Premises (We have to win the war at home before we can win ANY war abroad!)
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To: Rutles4Ever

I would have done everything differently in WWII. I would've declared war on Hitler when he re-occupied the Rhineland, encouraging a coup by the Wehrmacht that would have overthrown him and prevented the whole war and the Holocaust. Then I would have helped the Russians overthrow Stalin, preventing the cold war. Then I would have annexed Saudi Arabia and turned it into a secular democracy, preventing Arab terrorism. Can I be President now?

Hindsight is always 20/20 and always PERFECT.


30 posted on 09/01/2004 12:50:04 PM PDT by Argus
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31 posted on 09/01/2004 12:50:48 PM PDT by sonofatpatcher2 (Texas, Love & a .45-- What more could you want, campers? };^)
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To: fortheDeclaration

It was a DOA speech. Weak applause for his spending on vets promises, total silence when he attacked Bush on Iraq.


32 posted on 09/01/2004 12:50:54 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives On In My Heart Forever)
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To: fortheDeclaration
This was a crucial speech for Kerry. How was he received?

It was so chilly, I thought Kerry's nose would break off from frostbite.

33 posted on 09/01/2004 12:50:58 PM PDT by VisualizeSmallerGovernment (Question Liberal Authority)
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To: Always Right
Kerry's Iraq War Plan: 1. Vote to go to war. 2. Don't fund the war. Well, that is a different approach

Not really. It's just the short version of how the dems handled Vietnam.

34 posted on 09/01/2004 12:51:18 PM PDT by bad company ((<a href="http://www.michaelmoore.com" target="_blank">Hatriotism))
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To: kattracks
"I would not have sent Afghans up into those mountains, who a week earlier were fighting on the other side. I would have sent the best trained forces in the world to get the number one criminal and terrorist in the world," he added.

Genius, John, pure genius. You would have rather sent our troops into unknown territory rather than those who were familiar with the area in which they were entering.

Me thinks that if Afghanistan were fought John Kerry's way, we would have had FAR more casualties. Is a man who would make such a tactical blunder REALLY capable of leading this country?

35 posted on 09/01/2004 12:51:43 PM PDT by William Martel (Anyone But Kerry in 2004.)
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To: kattracks
Kerry said he would never have "diverted resources so quickly" from Afghanistan before capturing bin Laden.

That one relies on a lot of ignorance, but maybe it will gain traction.

37 posted on 09/01/2004 12:52:15 PM PDT by Shermy
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To: Always Right
Who????? France, Germany????? LOL, both said they did not care who the President was, they would not support the war.

None other than Mumia made exactly that point last week. It's pretty sad when a cop-killer makes more sense than the Rat candidate for president!

38 posted on 09/01/2004 12:52:16 PM PDT by NYCVirago
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To: abc1
It would have been nice if kerry did anything in his Senate career (?).

He took credit for that. He said he and McCain cleared up that whole POW/MIA issue and that he personally wrote the legislation regarding Agent Orange.

39 posted on 09/01/2004 12:52:17 PM PDT by VisualizeSmallerGovernment (Question Liberal Authority)
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To: Always Right
bring "our allies to our side," share the burden of the war that is currently costing the U.S. taxpayer, and reduce the risks to U.S. soldiers.

We had almost everyone except France on our side......and France has NO track record of lowering the risks to our soldiers. Considering how tough it is for our soldiers now, imagine how much more difficult it would be over there if they were having to babysit French "soldiers" as well as fight.

40 posted on 09/01/2004 12:52:38 PM PDT by Onelifetogive (* Sarcasm tag ALWAYS required. For some FReepers, sarcasm can NEVER be obvious enough.)
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