Posted on 10/10/2003 6:49:59 PM PDT by PhiKapMom
October 10, 2003
In the post-9/11 era, certain risks are unacceptable. The United States made our position clear: We could not accept the grave danger of Saddam Hussein and his terrorist allies turning weapons of mass destruction against us or our friends and allies. (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)
Dean Convinced More Than Ever War Resolution Was Mistake. I am now convinced more than ever that it was a mistake to have given this administration a blank check to engage in this war, as too many in Congress did when they supported the Iraqi war resolution (Gov. Howard Dean As Quoted In Scott Shepard, Democrat Kerry Demands Bush Tell The Truth About Iraq War, Cox News Service, 7/10/03)
Kerry Only Willing To Threaten The Use Of Force, Not Actually Use It. I voted to threaten the use of force to make Saddam Hussein comply with the resolutions of the United Nations. I believe that was right -- but it was wrong to rush to war without building a true international coalition -- and with no plan to win the peace. (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Announcement Of Candidacy, Patriots Point, SC, 9/2/03)
Clark Thinks War Was Unnecessary Mistake I fully supported taking the problem to the United Nations and dealing with it through the United Nations. I would never have voted for war. The war was an unnecessary war, it was an elective war, and its been a huge, strategic mistake for this country. (Wesley Clark, CNNs Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)
Critics of our national security policy have also argued that to confront a gathering threat is simply to stir up hostility. In the case of Saddam Hussein, his hostility to our country long predates 9/11, and Americas war on terror. In the case of the al Qaeda terrorists, their hostility has long been evidenced. And year after year, the terrorists only grew bolder in the absence of forceful response from America and other nations. Weakness and drift and vacillation in the face of danger invite attacks. Strength and resolve and decisive action defeat attacks before they can arrive on our soil. (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)
Kerry Said Preemption Invites Other Nations To Do Opposite Of What We Want Them To Do. [A]s long as this administration leaves a preemptive doctrine on the table, as long as our administration is proceeding down the road to develop nuclear bunker-busting weapons, and as long as we remain a country that will conduct a preemptive war, were inviting people to do the very thing that we dont want them to do. (Sen. John Kerry, CNNs Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)
Clark Claimed Preemption Is Causing North Korea And Iran To Accelerate WMD Programs. [T]his administrations preemptive doctrine is causing North Korea and Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development. Now, there are some of us who arent in Washington right now. But Id like to ask all those who are -- lets see some leadership in the United States Congress. Lets see you take apart that doctrine of preemption now. I dont think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on this threat. Were marching into another military campaign in the Middle East. We need to stop it. (Wesley Clark, CNNs Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)
Dean Predicted Preemption Will Cause America Some Serious Trouble. [T]his president has now created a new American foreign policy a preemptive doctrine. And I think thats going to cause America some serious trouble down the line, too. (Gov. Howard Dean On CNNs Wolf Blitzer Reports, 4/23/03)
Lieberman Thinks It Was Foolish To Declare Preemptive Doctrine. I opposed that [preemption] policy. I think it was foolish to declare such a policy. It outraged both our enemies and our allies around the world. A nation always preserves the right to take preemptive action in defense of our security and our freedom. But why declare it and offend -- and provoke everyone. (Sen. Joe Lieberman, Democrat Candidate Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/3/03)
Edwards Claimed Preemption Is Distracting And Damaging. A leader who has to go it alone is no longer leading anybody. In that context, let me say a few things about the administrations so-called preemption doctrine. [I]f we believe the United States is about to be attacked, or faces an imminent threat, then we have an absolute right to protect ourselves. Its called self-defense it isnt new; it isnt controversial; and it doesnt need a fancy new name. But this administration did not just reassert our right to self-defense. [T]hey asserted a new doctrine that suggests a uniquely American right to use force wherever and whenever we decide its appropriate. The result has been distracting and damaging. (Sen. John Edwards, Remarks At Center For Strategic & International Studies, Washington, DC, 10/7/02)
Another criticism we hear is that the United States, when its security is threatened, may not act without unanimous international consent. Under this view, even in the face of a specific, stated, agreed upon danger, the mere objection of even one foreign government would be sufficient to prevent us from acting. This view reflects a deep confusion about the requirements of our national security. Though often couched in high-sounding terms of unity and cooperation, it is a prescription for perpetual disunity and obstructionism. In practice, it would prevent our own country from acting with friends and allies, even in the most urgent circumstance. To accept the view that action by America and our allies can be stopped by the objection of foreign governments that may not feel threatened, is to confer undue power on them, while leaving the rest of us powerless to act in our own defense. Yet we continue to hear this attitude in arguments in our own country -- so often, and so conveniently, it amounts to a policy of doing exactly nothing. (Vice President Dick Cheney, Remarks At The Heritage Foundation, 10/10/03)
Dean Believed Iraq Had WMD, But United Nations, Not U.S., Should Disarm Saddam. I believe that Iraq does have chemical and biological weapons, and they are a threat to many nations in the region, but not to the United States. Therefore in my view, the United States ought not to attack unilaterally. The United Nations should disarm Saddam, and we should be a part of that effort. (Howard Dean On PBS The NewsHour With Jim Lehrer, 2/25/03)
Clark Believed Iraq Problem Should Have Been Left To United Nations. [Iraq] was never an imminent threat. It was a problem. I fully supported taking the problem to the United Nations and dealing with it through the United Nations. I would never have voted for war. The war was an unnecessary war, it was an elective war, and its been a huge, strategic mistake for this country. (Wesley Clark, CNNs Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)
Clark Wanted U.S. To Prove Case Against Terrorists To United Nations Before Taking Action. If we wanted to go after states supporting terrorism, why not first go to the United Nations, present the evidence against Al Qaeda, set up a tribunal for prosecuting international terrorism? (Wesley Clark, Winning Modern Wars, 2003, p. 132)
Kerry Insists We Need To Go To The United Nations Now. CNNs CANDY CROWLEY: Should you become president, if you get solid evidence that Iran is in fact developing nuclear weaponry, and you cannot get anything in the U.N. like what you would like, are you prepared to go after a factory in Iran on your own? KERRY: We need a president now to prevent us from the very choice that you just said could occur, and that will only happen if we go to the United Nations now and get rid of the sense of American occupation in Iraq. (Sen. John Kerry, CNNs Democrat Candidate Debate, Phoenix, AZ, 10/9/03)
Gephardt Insisted President Get Help From U.N. To Deal With Iraq. I said to [President Bush] that if you wanted to deal with Iraq, youve got to get help and youve got to go to the U.N. I said, We created the U.N. Its our organization. Were the leader. We need to get the help that we need. (Rep. Dick Gephardt, Congressional Black Caucus Democrat Candidate Debate, Baltimore, MD, 9/9/03)
Gephardt Measures Success By Number Of Allies Instead Of By Steps To Defend Americans. It is incomprehensible to me that we are here today six months, five months after the conflict ended, and he still has not gotten any money from any other country and any people of appreciable numbers from any other armed forces. This presidents foreign policy is a miserable failure. He has failed the American people. (Rep. Gephardt, Congressional Black Caucus Democrat Candidates Debate, Baltimore, MD, 9/9/03)
English is your second language, eh?
That's what they are. This is all a joke, if it weren't so sinister. Voters don't care about an election to be held a more than a year from now. Let's get Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas shopping done.
This is all PR, and the networks are all falling for it.
I've been wondering the same as you. Could it be because FNC has been labeled by the Left as being 'pro Bush' so they are now leaning the other way?
Just wish that FNC would require those 9 dwarfs to appear on O'Reilly's 'No Spin Zone'!
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