Kerry out attack ( Kerry in 1997 made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq.)

The Washington Times ^ | September 24 | John McCaslin

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

During a 1997 debate on CNN's "Crossfire," Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq.

So reveals Rep. Peter King, New York Republican, who appeared with Mr. Kerry on the program.

Mr. King says the U.N. Security Council had just adopted a resolution against Iraq that was watered down at the behest of the French and the Russians. Yet the candidate who now criticizes President Bush for ignoring French and Russian objections to the Iraq war blasted the two countries, claiming that they were compromised by their business dealings with Baghdad.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I couldn't find that this had been posted.

[umgud]

I hope W uses this in his first debate.

[Parley Baer]

From what I just heard on the Hugh Hewitt show the pre-emptive part may well not be true. Stay tuned. Parley

[JeeperFreeper]

Kerry mind is unicellular. Like a bacteria, he just reacts to stimuli, never thinking. Pete King, Repub, says one thing in '97 , "Amoeba John" disagrees in a manner reminiscient of the Warner-Bros, cartoon character, Foghorn Leghorn, out of instinct. It's not nuance. It's reflex and appetite. Food, sex, power, rich women. He's no more intellectual than a cockroach with a light shined on it. He just reacts to the moment. That's why he couldn't lead a wolf to a pork chop.

[kasparik]

Some of that crossfire video is here:

http://www.kerryoniraq.com/ at about 9:12

If they have that video, I don't see why they don't have the other parts of the show that is being discussed. Perhaps they saved it for use later?

Some of the stuff in there is just devastating. Especially stuff in the late 90s when Kerry was more hawkish than Clinton on Saddam. It's almost as if the entire Democrat party and media establishment have amnesia.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

With some preparation, President Bush should be able to
reveal some of his character in a debate.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Thank you:

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Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Kerry Interview On "Imus In The Morning"

IMUS: "Well he's urging you to admit the war was a mistake and then start attacking these people."

KERRY: "Well I think the war ..."

IMUS: "Why can't you do that?"

KERRY: "But I do. It's exactly what I am doing. I think the war ... I said it a hundred times, I think it was a huge mistake for the President to go to war the way he did. I've said that a dozen times. I mean, the fact is that I ..."

IMUS: "Do you think there are any circumstances we should have gone to war in Iraq, any?"

KERRY: "Not under the current circumstances, no. There are none that I see. I voted based on weapons of mass destruction. The President distorted that, and I've said that. I mean, look, I can't be clearer. But I think it was the right vote based on what Saddam Hussein had done, and I think it was the right thing to do to hold him accountable. I've said a hundred times, there was a right way to do it and a wrong way to do it. The President chose the wrong way. Can't be more direct than that."

[sarasotarepublican]

Imus is supporting Kerry. End of sentence.

[Grampa Dave]

I just found it and inserted it in a reply and went out for awhile.

Thanks for posting it.

Kerry will the be first Presidential candidate to defeat himself with his own words with his flip flops.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

AND:

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"I asked him a number of questions about Iraq and I can't tell you what he said." -- Don Imus, Radio Host

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

That's alright, the owner of CBS, Sumner Redstone, says he is going to support President Bush!!!

[Grampa Dave]

Kerry reminds of a Doctor friend whose father in law had Alzheimer's. The last few years of the fil's life, he lived with his daughter and the doctor, her husband.

After the fil died, I asked the Doctor what it was like. He said it was tough on his wife and him, however, he felt that his fil liked it.

I asked why.

The doctor's response, was, "Everyday was a new day. He came downstairs met new people and didn't have to worry about he had done or hadn't done."

Skary reminds me of doctors fil when he makes these total off the wall remarks. I'm trying to find a conservative psychiatrist to tell me what is wrong with him.

[SunkenCiv]

some relevance:

If The Bush Administration Lied About WMD, So Did These People -- Version 3.0
by John Hawkins
http://www.rightwingnews.com/quotes/demsonwmds.php

"[W]e urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs." -- From a letter signed by Joe Lieberman, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara A. Milulski, Tom Daschle, & John Kerry among others on October 9, 1998

"I will be voting to give the president of the United States the authority to use force - if necessary - to disarm Saddam Hussein because I believe that a deadly arsenal of weapons of mass destruction in his hands is a real and grave threat to our security." -- John F. Kerry, Oct 2002

"The threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but as I said, it is not new. It has been with us since the end of that war, and particularly in the last 4 years we know after Operation Desert Fox failed to force him to reaccept them, that he has continued to build those weapons. He has had a free hand for 4 years to reconstitute these weapons, allowing the world, during the interval, to lose the focus we had on weapons of mass destruction and the issue of proliferation." -- John Kerry, October 9, 2002

"(W)e need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime. We all know the litany of his offenses. He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. ...And now he is miscalculating America’s response to his continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. That is why the world, through the United Nations Security Council, has spoken with one voice, demanding that Iraq disclose its weapons programs and disarm. So the threat of Saddam Hussein with weapons of mass destruction is real, but it is not new. It has been with us since the end of the Persian Gulf War." -- John Kerry, Jan 23, 2003

"Saddam Hussein's regime represents a grave threat to America and our allies, including our vital ally, Israel. For more than two decades, Saddam Hussein has sought weapons of mass destruction through every available means. We know that he has chemical and biological weapons. He has already used them against his neighbors and his own people, and is trying to build more. We know that he is doing everything he can to build nuclear weapons, and we know that each day he gets closer to achieving that goal." -- John Edwards, Oct 10, 2002

"The debate over Iraq is not about politics. It is about national security. It should be clear that our national security requires Congress to send a clear message to Iraq and the world: America is united in its determination to eliminate forever the threat of Iraq's weapons of mass destruction." -- John Edwards, Oct 10, 2002

[here's more]

John Kerry's Statement on Iraq Before the War
http://www.independentsforkerry.org/uploads/media/kerry-iraq.html

[and even more]

Kerry On Iraq (documentary script)
http://www.kerryoniraq.com/factsheet.asp

[SunkenCiv]

ah, here it is:

"...even if that enforcement is mostly at the hands of the United States, a right we retain even if the Security Council fails to act." - Sen. John Kerry, Op-Ed The New York Times 9/6/02 (Sen. John Kerry, Op-Ed, "We Still Have A Choice On Iraq," The New York Times, 9/6/02)

http://www.kerryoniraq.com/factsheet.asp

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Kerry is all over the map !

[SunkenCiv]

Depends on the map... September 24:

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[SunkenCiv]

Whoops. Your link, posted earlier than mine, would have been a real timesaver for me... 42 MB download for the full video... I'll try to grab the Windows Media version and the RealMedia version.

Apropos of nothing... Non-broadband users, I have a CD burner or two around here... and I read my email here... (':

George W. Bush will be reelected by a margin of at least ten per cent