Posted on 06/13/2006 3:49:46 PM PDT by fuyb
Washington, D.C. (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts on Tuesday told an audience at the liberal Take Back America conference that he was sorry for voting to authorize the war in Iraq, calling the entire mission "a mistake."
"We were misled, we were given evidence that was not true," Kerry said. "It was wrong, and I was wrong to vote [for it]."
Kerry, who led an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2004, said it was necessary to admit mistakes because "you cannot change the future if you''re not honest about the past." He criticized supporters of the war, who label anti-war activists and politicians as unpatriotic and pessimistic.
"The true pessimists are those who will not accept that America''s strength depends on our credibility at home and around the world," Kerry said. "The true pessimists are those who do not understand that valuing our principles is critical to our national security and it is as critical to our national security as our military power itself."
He said questioning the war and fighting in it are "two sides of the very same patriotic coin" and compared the modern anti-war movement to the anti-war movement in the Vietnam War. Kerry, who served in Vietnam, returned to the United States and offered testimony to Congress, opposing the war and describing horrific war crimes he said soldiers committed there.
He said opposing the war is "a right and an obligation" because it was "founded on a lie [and] can never be true to America''s character."
Kerry also lashed out at war supporters who accuse anti-war activists of not supporting the troops. "The best way to support the troops is to oppose a course that destroys their lives," he said.
Kerry renewed his call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq, saying that he supports setting a timetable for the removal in Iraq that is not "cut and run." Without saying when he would like troops removed from the war zone, Kerry said he believes "we need a hard and fast deadline."
Kerry made his comments during a speech at the annual Take Back America conference in the nation''s capital. Organized by the liberal Campaign for America''s Future, the conference has also feature U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold and Barack Obama are scheduled to appear Wednesday.
A spokesman for the Republican National Committee was not immediately available for reaction to Kerry''s comments.
What a jerk he is.
How does he ever decide what color socks to wear each morning? Simple, all his socks are the same color.
LOL, "Hanoi Lurch" finally got somethingright,wrong. Gad I don't know! He is a$$backwards though, isn't he?
I thought he was reporting for duty.... Guess he doesn't understand Duty. :)
thanks for posting that link again...
it is OUTRAGEOUS.
http://asjewelers.com/FRstuff/11/Kerry_on_Iraq.wmv
Ketchup Boy: Wrong in 1971 and Wrong Now.
I keep it on my homepage if you ever need to link to it.
Wow - I haven't seen this compilation before.
That is for sure a keeper. Good job, Doc Rock!
I cannot believe I never heard/saw this all in one place before.
Just wow! I may have - but like this calendar version. WOW!
His own words damn him over and over.
DocRock - Kudos to you DocRock! If you do a ping list, add me, willya? Thanks! JLO
Thanks, bitt!
That works!
..."He said questioning the war and fighting in it are "two sides of the very same patriotic coin"...
That is utter Bravo Sierra. A proportion of individuals in America have devolved to the extent that "questioning" the "war" is deemed to be "patriotic". However, the questioners are not "questioning" the war, they are giving aid and comfort to our avowed, remorseless enemy, the Salafist Islamists.
Courage is not "questioning" the war, it is supporting the CIC, the military, and the USA in the war effort in the face of withering, personal attacks from the democrat party and other anti-American cabals. Kerry is an uttterly despicable creature who, through a series of lies and deceptions has assumed the mantle of "war hero" and is regarded as such by a certain uninformed segment of our society, by virtue of the treasonous MSM. Who is he to question what the Administration is doing after he voted to go forward?
John Kerry was wrong about Vietnam. When asked how many Vietnamese would be killed by the communists, he said "only 30,000." Try 200,000. When asked what would happen to the nations and peoples of SE Asia, he said something like Americans didn't have to worry about losing their hamburger stands. The "good" communists murdered about 2,000,000 in Cambodia. Liberals who want to feel guilty don't have to consider slavery before they were born. Liberals can look at what they did in creating an unjust peace in SE Asia. On their insistence, we gave peace a chance, and millions were murdered with millions more enslaved in communist states. We could have done much better.
LOL, one of these days I may make a banner of my 'angel-guy' graphic, rotate him to the right a bit and put 'mesmerizing' on the left side and throw in a few gifs.
The guy will love it.
The gals will love it more.
Snicker..
Oh heck - no one invites me anywhere, anymore.
Tough to be over 50, lol.
Thanks DR! Lord loves our Troops!
http://www.operationminnesotanice.com
hey, JLO - we both haven't been very consistent here on FR, but we still get crazy over the insults this guy hurls and the obvious ploys, tricks and outright LIES this man tires to get away with...
our FR Friends keep the lights on....and take us back graciously...
I'll be dropping this video here and there...
http://www.gop.com/Multimedia/MediaPlayer.aspx?ID=1104&TypeID=2
(oops, forgot how to link...)
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