Absolutely! Senator I'll-Say-Anything-To-Get-A-Vote-Or-What-I-Want Kerry said this in 1970:
“I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.” Kerry said he wanted “to almost eliminate CIA activity. The CIA is fighting its own war in Laos and nobody seems to care.”
Compare that with this after 9-11:
"I was heartened by the president's comments tonight. We need to make certain that those countries that sponsor terrorism, that support it, that harbor these fugitive are as much a part of the problem as those who engage in the terrorist acts themselves. And we need to make certain as a country we respond to that. Boldly and bravely -- not recklessly -- but boldly."
So, WHICH IS IT SENATOR?? Which side of your mouth are you talking out of today?
Prairie
Hitchcock, guest hosting for Limbaugh, just had a wonderful quote from Kerry, I believe from a speech at Georgetown U (?) on 23Jan2003(?). In that speech, he said something to the effect that we had to take out Hussein because he was a menace, and if Hussein doesn't pay attention to what President Bush was saying we would do so.
I'll look for that quote. I would appreciate it if someone else could do so, too...
Ahh... here it is already ... from
http://kerry.senate.gov/low/record.cfm?id=189831 In part,
"Second, without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal, murderous dictator, leading an oppressive
regime. We all know the litany of his offenses. He presents a particularly grievous threat because he is so consistently prone to
miscalculation. He miscalculated an eight-year war with Iran. He miscalculated the invasion of Kuwait. He miscalculated
America's response to that act of naked aggression. He miscalculated the result of setting oil rigs on fire. He miscalculated the
impact of sending scuds into Israel and trying to assassinate an American President. He miscalculated his own military strength.
He miscalculated the Arab world's response to his misconduct. And now he is miscalculating America's response to his
continued deceit and his consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction. That is why the world, through the United Nations
Security Council, has spoken with one voice, demanding that Iraq disclose its weapons programs and disarm. "
...{ internationalist waffle words }...
"In U.N. Security Council Resolution 1441, the United Nations has now affirmed that Saddam Hussein must disarm or face the
most serious consequences. Let me make it clear that the burden is resoundingly on Saddam Hussein to live up to the ceasefire
agreement he signed and make clear to the world how he disposed of weapons he previously admitted to possessing. "
...{ more internationalist waffle words }...