Rush Limbaugh: The Most Amazing John Kerry Quote

The Washington Post | October 19, 2004 | Peach

[Peach]

There is a story today in the Washington Post by Helen Dewar and Thomas Ricks, the headline: Help of Allies Among Three Key Themes. I want you to listen to this quote from Kerry. This quote is actually from April 17th of 1994 on CNN's Late Edition. This is back when Frank Sesno hosted the program. This is the third paragraph of the story in the Washington Post today.

"Kerry's belief in working with allies runs so deep that he has maintained that the loss of American life can be better justified if it occurs in the course of a mission with international support. In 1994, discussing the possibility of U.S. troops being killed in Bosnia, he said, 'If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.'"

So I mean there you have it. John Kerry believes that American troops dying under the banner of the UN flag is acceptable, when dying under the banner of the American flag is not. I hope he's asked about this. This is something that shows up again in the Washington Post today, it's from 1994. This is the best evidence we have, and this is from Kerry's own lips, of his obsession -- and I don't think that's too strong a word to use here -- his obsession with the UN. If you take this quote and combine it with his other words and his record, you have irrefutable evidence, all the evidence we need that he worships at the shrine of the United Nations. Here's the actual question and answer from Frank Sesno CNN on Late Edition, April 17th of 1994. Sesno says: Senator Kerry, it begs the question, what are the U.S. interests and the strategic interests in this place called the Balkans? Kerry: Well, they are less than our interests in perhaps Haiti. They are greater than our interests in Somalia. Sesno: But worth dying for? That's the question, are they worth fighting and dying for? Kerry: Well, it depends what you mean by that, Frank. If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yeah, it's worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome the answer is unequivocally no. So I think it's a question of where you place the interest.

So John Kerry thinks that American troops dying under the American flag is not justified, and is not worthwhile, but under the UN flag, then of course American deaths are justified. Now, this is all about Bosnia, and Clinton went in without the United Nations, if you recall. So I would think that Kerry would be in opposition to what we did there and that any deaths that we incurred are not worth it because we went in with some unilateral false presumption that we could affect the outcome.

We will keep a sharp eye on this. I just think this is a devastating quote. You put it in context with the global test quote that he had in the first debate. Make no mistake, this is the Washington Post, this is the third paragraph of the story, this will be picked up on and harped on by the Bush campaign I'm certain, it has to be, later on today.

We found the audio sound bite of John Kerry on CNN April 17th, 1994. Frank Sesno with the question. This is all about going to the Balkans. Is it worth American lives to go to Balkans? And here's the sound bite.

SESNO: Are they worth dying for? That's the question. Are they worth fighting and dying for?

KERRY: It depends what you mean by that, Frank. If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.

RUSH: I mean, there you have it. Here's John Kerry saying that American deaths under the UN banner are permissible and honorable, American deaths under American flag only are not, April 17th, 1994. It doesn't sound to me like this position of his, this global test and the UN will have a veto over what we do doesn't sound like his position has changed, sounds like it's hardened, sounds like it's the one policy Kerry is actually firm in believing. It sounds like that Kerry does not flip-flop when it comes to the UN. He may flip-flop on everything else, but when it comes to the UN, boy, it trumps everything. And he's been consistent, at least as we can prove from the record from 1994 to the present, about ten years, ladies and gentlemen.

[jdm]

"Did ya'll hear Rush say that Kerry has already decided to declare victory Nov. 2nd no matter what the result."

Yes, there's a fairly large thread here discussing the topic.

[Travis McGee]

The 'rats believe that they can get away with their FL 2000 tactics nationwide this time. That is: commit massive fraud ('rat ballot stack spiking in 'rat controlled Palm Beach County) and then blame resulting "irregularities" on Republicans!

Chutzpah ain't the word for it!

[the invisib1e hand]

The term "Liberal" is a mischaracterization when applied to Kerry. He is a LEFTIST, plain and simple.

[ampat]

kerry is still the same person he was in 1971.

[Peach]

Your post should be made into a commercial!

[Peach]

Consider it done; will work on right now.

[F16Fighter]

"It doesn't matter. Nothing Kerry says or has said seems to matter. The Kerry zombies have had their minds made up for them already and nothing will change it."

Right-O.

And anyway, the Kerry people actually want the US to surrender sovereignty to the UN and internationalism.

I blame that d@mn 70s Coke commercial ("I'd like to buy the world a Coke, and keep in harmony...")

[Wolfstar]

Thanks for starting this thread, Peach.

This Kerry comment highlights a truth about the Left that is seldom noted. They genuinely do not want the United States to exist as a sovereign nation. They want us subjugated to the pseudo-world government bureaucracy they've been incrementally building at the UN and in continental Europe for much of the past 100 years.

In his heart of hearts, John Kerry truly is anti-American, as are virtually all home-grown and international Leftists.

[jdm]

"Both The Weekly Standard and The Washington Post have quoted him from '94."

Wonder if the W. Post pulled their original 1994 article within the past 24 hours. After all, their online archives go back to the 80s.

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[Peach]

Has anyone mailed this to FNC? The hard leftists won't care but the average Joe who pays little attention to politics, votes Democrat and then ignores the world for the rest of the year will care. Big time.

[Peach]

The Washington Post mentioned this in an article today, I thought?

[EdReform]

BTTT!

[jdm]

"The Washington Post mentioned this in an article today, I thought?"

My apologies. I thought the Post ran a story way back in 1994 containing the quote in question. I haven't been able to read today's WP article, since I'm immediately prompted to complete an enormous form in order to read the article.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Excellent!

[jdm]

Kerry refers to a "Frank" during the sound clip. Does anyone remember who hosted Late Edition on CNN back then -- Frank Sesno maybe?

Just trying to confirm as I'm searching for the full transcript of this 1994 interview.

[prairiebreeze]

Hearing Rush on this.

[Looper]

You're hired Travis. These ads would be devastating. I was hoping that some already had run and I hadn't seen them (I'm in SF Bay Area).

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

There is a new book on the :

Unholy Alliance

by David Horowitz
Hardcover - (September 2004) - $27.95

In this tour de force on the most important issue of our time, David Horowitz, confronts the paradox of how so many Americans, including the leadership of the Democratic Party, could turn against the War on Terror. He finds an answer in a political Left that shares a view of America as the “Great Satan” with America’s radical Islamic enemies. In a remarkable exploration of the “Mind of the Left,” Horowitz traces the evolution of American radicalism from its Communist past to its “anti-war” present. He then shows how this Left was able to turn the Democratic Party presidential campaign around and reshape its views on the War on Terror.

[Looper]

I second that, excellent post Jim.

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

since I'm immediately prompted to complete an enormous form in order to read the article.

Get bugmenot!
Works great.