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Posted on 10/18/2004 8:09:25 AM PDT by VRWCer
Kerry: I Wouldn't Respond to Nuclear Attack
John Kerry told Democrats gathered in Boston two weeks ago that he defended his country as a young soldier in Vietnam and he would defend it again as president.
But as Michael Dukakis' lieutenant governor, Kerry authored an executive order that said the state of Massachussetts would refuse to take part in any civil defense efforts in response to a nuclear attack on America. The presidential candidate was an ardent proponent of the nuclear freeze at the time, and viewed Cold War civil defense preparations as an attempt to delude the American people into thinking a nuclear exchange was survivable.
Lt. Gov. Kerry's executive order on behalf of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts read in part:
"Whereas the existing and potential strength of nuclear weapons is such that nuclear war can neither be won nor survived, it can only be prevented; and Whereas the only effective defense against the horrors of nuclear weapons lies in their elimination and in the prevention of nuclear war or attacks, [the Commonwealth of Massachusetts] shall seek to ensure the safety of its citizens by pursuit of policies reflecting a serious commitment to prevention of nuclear war."
"Such policies," the Kerry directive continued, "shall include education of citizens concerning the real nature of nuclear war and efforts to influence national policy towards negotiation of an end to the nuclear-arms race."
The Kerry order stated emphatically, however: "No funds shall be expended by the Commonwealth for crisis relocation planning for nuclear war."
Monica Conyngham, Lt. Gov. Kerry's spokeswoman at the time, defended the controversial document, telling reporters, "We believe that [evacuation] plans are absolutely futile and that there are no safe havens from nuclear war."
Gov. Dukakis signed Kerry's "no nuclear defense" executive order into law on June 28, 1984.
>>>> One would think this statement would have been addressed by the fair and balanced (NOT!!) debate moderators.
If you look at the executive order and the role of a state's lieutenant governor, the only thing sensationalistic about this issue is the Newsmax headline. There are WAY better avenues of attack.
I'm having troble finding the "quote" from the title in the text of the article. Can you help me out?
Don't know that there actually is a quote worded quite that way, I believe that Newsmax feels that the sentiment is implied in the act of signing this order, hence the title. (Newsmax titles are often like that. They succeed in getting our attention though!)
I agree about better avenues of attack. But this is a part of his record which reveals something abiut his mindset on this issue.
It is not a major attack issue, but it is something more people need to hear him address. National Security is THE issue. How would he respond if Krazy North Korean tries to launch an attack?
>>> It is not a major attack issue, but it is something more people need to hear him address. National Security is THE issue. How would he respond if Krazy North Korean tries to launch an attack?
Don't think I am saying that I think he is strong on security. I just mean that there are better ways to show that he is weak on security than by pointing to some executive order he signed in a nonmilitary position. No lieutenant governor, no matter how hawkish or conservative, can offer much response to a military attack.
This is not the best we can do to show that Kerry is weak on military issues, and by citing to crap like this to "prove" that point we only undermine the truth.
This is true of most exaggerations (and those that tell them).
I think we are of the same mindset.
Sometimes the correct wording doesn't transfer from brain to screen. Especially when I am tired.
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Just letting you know that my opinion of NewsMax is not improving.
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