Posted on 04/22/2006 1:29:53 PM PDT by Panerai
Those who disagree with the Bush administration's policies in Iraq face the same scornful charges that they are unpatriotic as Sen. John Kerry did 35 years ago when he spoke out against the Vietnam War, the Massachusetts Democrat said Saturday.
"I have come here today to reaffirm that it was right to dissent in 1971 from a war that was wrong. And to affirm that it is both a right and an obligation for Americans today to disagree with a President who is wrong, a policy that is wrong, and a war in Iraq that weakens the nation," Kerry said to a standing ovation Saturday at Boston's historic Faneuil Hall.
Kerry's speech came 35 years to the day after he testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to call for an end to the Vietnam war.
"How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?" Kerry said in 1971, a line that helped propel the decorated Navy combat veteran and Yale graduate onto the national stage.
The same question applies today as Americans wrestle with the mounting death toll in Iraq, Kerry said, speaking before about 500 supporters who punctuated his speech at least 20 times with ovations.
"Lives have been lost to bad decisions," Kerry said. "Not decisions that could have gone either way, but decisions that constitute basic negligence and incompetence. And lives continue to be lost because of stubbornness and pride."
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com ...
YOU WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.... NEVER......
Now crawl back under your rock and stay there....
>>(U.S. code 18 U.S.C. 953, declares it illegal for a U.S. citizen to go abroad and negotiate with a foreign power.)
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Looking that up -that's a really broad law. I wonder why Jesse Jackson has never been prosecuted?
>>§ 953. Private correspondence with foreign governments
Release date: 2005-08-03
Any citizen of the United States, wherever he may be, who, without authority of the United States, directly or indirectly commences or carries on any correspondence or intercourse with any foreign government or any officer or agent thereof, with intent to influence the measures or conduct of any foreign government or of any officer or agent thereof, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or to defeat the measures of the United States, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
This section shall not abridge the right of a citizen to apply, himself or his agent, to any foreign government or the agents thereof for redress of any injury which he may have sustained from such government or any of its agents or subjects. <<
http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00000953----000-.html
I'm still waiting to hear about his "secret plan" to resolve the Iraq situation. C'mon Johnny French, let us in on the secret, pretty please? Or are you hoping you'll be able to dust that one off come 2008, Schmuck?
LMAO, big time, and thank you.
"I'd suggest that they stop their descent from the gutter to the sewer."
Too late! The RATs already OWN the sewer.
To Hanoi John Effin Kerry: I see that you are still giving "aid and comfort" to our sworn enemies. Aren't you happy that no one in the Department of Justice seems to understand the concept of "TREASON", boy?
"Without money, they would be used car salesman. "
And a poor one at that.
And what's even sadder than his contempt for our military is that his approach nearly resulted in him becoming President of the United States.
I just got back from dinner at that restaurant - Fran O'Brien's. Gorgeous and delicious!
I know this isn't the thread about Fran O'Briens closing...but can you tell me what the status is???
Is there still a chance that with donations it can be moved to a different location...or that Hilton will change it's mind??
Well, he put in a political appearance there anyway. All of 3 months worth. But he won't tell you that his tesimony before Congress caused the deaths of a lot of American servicemen as well as the deaths of a couple of million South Vietnamese when the Commies moved in after we withdrew.
Kerry is a traitor and a liar, that is all he is.
One suspects that free speech wouldn't have been viewed all that kindly under a Kerry Administration.
You know what one of the many problems I have with Bush and the other spineless Republicans? The demonrats will call us out by name and criticize, but Bush and the Republicrats won't. Like this crazy war we are in, we are using civilized tactics against an uncivilized people. Now, because the Republicans are too "nice" (aka spineless) to stand up for what is right, we will lose this war due to eroding public support.
Here's a link to some details I posted on a Fran O'Brien's thread.
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