Newspaper Casts Doubt on Kerry's Talks with UN Security Council (or...Kerry LIED)

CNSNEWS.com ^ | 10/25/04 | Susan Jones

[kattracks]

(CNSNews.com) - Sen. John F. Kerry says he met at length with all the members of the U.N. Security Council the week before he voted to authorize the use of force in Iraq. But did he?

According to a Washington Times investigation, Kerry talked to at least a few members of the panel -- but "no such meeting, as described by Mr. Kerry on a number of occasions over the past year, ever occurred," the newspaper said.

"The revelation that Mr. Kerry never met with the entire U.N. Security Council could be problematic for the Massachusetts senator, as it clashes with one of his central foreign-policy campaign themes -- honesty," the article said.

Kerry repeatedly has emphasized his willingness to listen to other nations. "This president hasn't listened," Kerry said in the second presidential debate.

"I went to meet with the members of the Security Council in the week before we voted (on authorizing the use of force in Iraq). "I went to New York. I talked to all of them [members of the U.N. Security Council] to find out how serious they were about really holding Saddam Hussein accountable," the Washington Times quoted Kerry as saying in the second debate.

The newspaper also refers to the following exchange at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York in December 2003:

ANDY NAGORSKI (Newsweek): Senator, it's one thing to say that diplomacy on Iraq was bad. It's another to suggest that good diplomacy could have brought everybody along, as you seem to do. Do you think you really could have brought the Germans, the French along in a commitment to use force, if necessary, if you had been president?

KERRY: Yes. (Laughter, applause.)

NAGORSKI: Would you care to explain how, especially given --

KERRY: Absolutely. Absolutely and unequivocally.

NAGORSKI: If --

KERRY: I will explain. Let me explain to you very specifically. Thanks to some friends in New York, I was invited to come up and meet with the Security Council in the week prior to the vote, and I wanted to do that, because I valued my vote. And I wanted to know what the real readiness and willingness of our partners was to take this seriously. So I sat with the French and British, Germans, with the entire Security Council, and we spent a couple of hours talking about what they saw as the path to a united front in order to be able to deal with Saddam Hussein.

But of the five ambassadors on the Security Council in 2002 reached directly for comment by the Washington Times, four said they had never met Mr. Kerry.

"The four also said that no one who worked for their countries' U.N. missions had met with Mr. Kerry either," the newspaper reported.

[Novel]

This isn't really going to make much of a difference to the Left. They simply don't care about character. They just want Bush out of office. It will be interesting to see how it plays with the so called undecideds. My guess is the MSM will give this some play, especially those that are secretly in the Clinton camp.

[eeriegeno]

Kerry will say whatever appeases the group that he is addressing!

"I was in Cambodia on Christmas Eve 1968" stated to anti war groups.

"I farmed when I was 12 on my aunts farm", stated to a group of farmers in Iowa.

"I love to hunt deer. (by crawling around the forest on my belly)", stated to a hunting group.

"I own a SUV", stated to automakers in Detroit.

"I don't own a SUV, my family does", stated to environmentalist group.

I could go on ad nauseum but that would still not convince Kerry supporters that this man is dangerous for this country.....

[marway]

I think you're right... no coverage on Fox yet this morning, or did I miss it?? It's all been about the missing munitions and Clinton getting back into the race. I'm royally disappointed, but what else is new?

[OrioleFan]

Is this the basis for Kerry's assertion that Foreign Leaders (no names mentioned) are supporting him for President earlier this year? This sounds like another "Winter Soldier" where they had this fake investigation, and then he presented the falsehoods that were concocted by the VVAW.

Kerry takes his vote seriously? If he did the would show up more often. There is so much potential here for nailing this fraud, it's amazing - he should be polling 10% based on this alone.

[wildbill]

Powerline referred to a big story on Kerry to be posted this morning. Is this it?

This is a pop-gun that will disappear by tomorrow.

[maro]

He meant the Model UN Security Council.