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Kerry: Rantisi's killing was justified
The Jerusalem Post ^ | April 18, 2004 | Janine Zacharia

Posted on 04/18/2004 11:30:00 AM PDT by Piranha

US Senator John Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said on Sunday Israel's killing of Hamas leader Abdel-Aziz al-Rantissi was justified because Israel "has every right in the world to respond to any act of terror against it."

"Hamas is a terrorist, brutal organization," he told NBC's Meet the Press.

"It has had years to make up its mind to take part in a peaceful process. They refuse to ... and I support Israel's efforts to try to separate itself and to try to be secure."


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Government; Israel; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: israel; kerry; mtp; palestinians; rantisi; zionist
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Maybe he'll stay for it and not turn against it.
1 posted on 04/18/2004 11:30:00 AM PDT by Piranha
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To: Piranha
Finally, one statement from Kerry that makes sense. Unfortunately it's probably just based on Kerry wanting to pander to the jewish vote after recently meeting with Hillary. After all, Kerry has no core.
2 posted on 04/18/2004 11:34:26 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: Piranha
His Jewish donors were deserting him. That side of the finger was cooler than the other.
3 posted on 04/18/2004 11:35:08 AM PDT by Owen
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To: Piranha
Ooops, looks like he just lost the Arab vote.
4 posted on 04/18/2004 11:35:31 AM PDT by McGavin999 (Evil thrives when good men do nothing.)
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To: Piranha


I am curious to see what happens when Kerry is questioned about this by liberal reporters/groups. Typical flip-flop Kerry?

5 posted on 04/18/2004 11:35:51 AM PDT by LadyShallott ("An armed society is a polite society."~Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: Piranha; Nix 2; dennisw
OMG!
PANDERING
PANDERING
PANDERING

This utterance from the guy who will concede
ALL foreign policy unto the auspices of the UN.

6 posted on 04/18/2004 11:36:13 AM PDT by onyx (Kerry' s a Veteran, but so were Lee Harvey Oswald, Timothy McVeigh and Benedict Arnold)
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To: Owen
But now he risks alienating his base (how do you say "base" in French?). Then again, the French probably understand political hypocracy in the name of accommodation better than most.
7 posted on 04/18/2004 11:36:28 AM PDT by Piranha
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To: Owen
Taht is exactly it!! He was starting to lose the Jewish vote, he had no choice...
8 posted on 04/18/2004 11:37:50 AM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: Piranha
Rantisi's killing was justified

But doesn't justify voting for effin ketchup man.

9 posted on 04/18/2004 11:38:25 AM PDT by Alouette (Another one bites the dust!)
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To: Piranha
Which Kerry said this? If the postmoderns find out he said this, his campaign is toast.
10 posted on 04/18/2004 11:38:31 AM PDT by RightWhale (Theorems link concepts; proofs establish links)
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To: Owen
His Jewish donors were deserting him.

That's what this is all about. When he gets his cash he'll go back to calling guys like Sadr and Arafat "legitimate voices."

11 posted on 04/18/2004 11:38:46 AM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Piranha
Stopped clocks....
12 posted on 04/18/2004 11:39:21 AM PDT by jude24
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To: Piranha
he won't be questioned about this by the presstitutes, in fact if he was smart he would run as a total conservative- the presstitutes will let him get away with it just so he can be elected.
13 posted on 04/18/2004 11:39:57 AM PDT by Mr. K (ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,I stole this cuz its funny,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø))
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To: Piranha
Tune in tomorrow, and he'll be singing a different tune.
14 posted on 04/18/2004 11:41:00 AM PDT by TheSpottedOwl (Torrance Ca....land of the flying monkeys)
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To: Hand em their arse
Taht is exactly it!! He was starting to lose the Jewish vote, he had no choice...

Yes, but now he'll start leaking antiwar pro-Pali votes to Nader. LOL, LOL...

15 posted on 04/18/2004 11:41:00 AM PDT by hellinahandcart
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To: Alouette
The intersting follow-up question that I guess was never asked is how is the Senator squaring his stance on Israel's right to use lethal force to defend itself with his multilateralism - How is he going to cooperate with the UN and EU on issues regarding the Middle East?

16 posted on 04/18/2004 11:42:35 AM PDT by ScaniaBoy (Part of the Right Wing Research & Attack Machine)
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To: Piranha
Of course now the media will focus on this and how it proves he's anti-terror while ignoring he said Maqtada Al Sadr's views on killing Americans are legitimate.
17 posted on 04/18/2004 11:43:03 AM PDT by Bogey78O (I voted for this tagline... before I voted against it.)
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To: TheSpottedOwl
Tune in tomorrow, and he'll be singing a different tune.

Time to start making bets on how long it will be before he reverses himself on this one. Especially since the UN and European Allies are outraged.

When is his next fundraiser at an Arab group?

18 posted on 04/18/2004 11:44:00 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
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To: Piranha
 





It's Not Just A Gun...

It's My "HOMELAND DEFENSE RIFLE"!!
19 posted on 04/18/2004 11:46:01 AM PDT by The_Macallan
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To: Piranha
The only reason Kerry made this statement is because the opinion polls told his handlers that it's the most popular view.
20 posted on 04/18/2004 11:46:06 AM PDT by Excuse_My_Bellicosity (Bad spellers of the world untie!!)
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