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 Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2013 3:13 pm Post subject: Why the Senate Shouldn’t Give John Kerry a Pass |
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Bruce Thornton commentary on on the roots of Kerry's anti-American, leftist promulgated philosophy...
| Quote: | Why the Senate Shouldn’t Give John Kerry a Pass
By Bruce Thornton
January 14, 2013
The politicized history of Vietnam, which many veterans legitimized with their personal wartime experiences, has frequently distorted U.S. foreign policy. The narrative that America had “lost” the war because it was an unjust, neo-colonial interference in a civil war in which we backed the corrupt side, and a mismanaged conflict marked with unprecedented brutality and atrocities against civilians, created a “never again” mentality redolent of many British politicians in the 1920s and 1930s. The “lessons” of Vietnam taught that given our unjust conduct of the war, we should avoid such adventurism by raising the bar so high for American intervention that in effect the U.S would never respond militarily except to a direct attack on the homeland. Instead, multilateral diplomacy, non-lethal sanctions, a focus on human rights, and trusting the U.N. and other multinational institutions became the only legitimate means for protecting our national security and pursuing our interests. As a result, during the 70s when Jimmy Carter endorsed this philosophy, the Soviet Union went on a geopolitical rampage that didn’t end until Ronald Reagan was elected and for a time restored our nerve.
That narrative, of course, was in the main a left-wing fable. The brutality of Vietnam was not exceptionally excessive, the Soviet Union and China were indeed aggressively attacking the West and its allies through proxies in order to extend communism’s reach, and in fact the war was not lost military, but thrown away politically. The true lesson of Vietnam is that a conflict won on the field of battle can still be un-won by feckless politicians.
Which brings us to John Kerry, who has pursued and endorsed policies that follow from that erroneous “lesson” of Vietnam...(who) then went on to recycle the false left-wing “lesson” of Vietnam: that “there is nothing in South Vietnam, nothing which could happen that realistically threatens the United States of America. And to attempt to justify the loss of one American life in Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos by linking such loss to the preservation of freedom, which those misfits supposedly abuse, is to us the height of criminal hypocrisy.”
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As Kerry’s record of flip-flopping statements shows, much of his behavior can be explained by political opportunism. But his foreign policy vision is one reflecting the so-called “lessons” of Vietnam forged by the left 40 years ago. It is a vision that doubts America’s rightness to be the dominant global power, that distrusts America’s military power, and that privileges multilateral diplomacy and unaccountable multinational coalitions over the will of the American people as expressed through their elected representatives. In short, as America’s chief diplomat Kerry will be a faithful servant of Barack Obama’s foreign policy of American retreat and decline.
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SIGN THE PETITION TO APPOINT A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE BENGHAZI
...And Then Call Your Senators and Tell Them Vote NO for John Kerry
John Kerry - Already Ducking His Responsibility as Secretary of State Nominee, the next "well-credentialed" liberal flunky to carry Obama's water.
Hillary Clinton's got a solid replacement candidate in John Kerry -- he's already ducking his responsibility in the Senate in order to protect the Obama Administration.
Last week, Senator Kerry announced that he wouldn't act as the chairman for the upcoming hearing on Benghazi featuring Hillary Clinton. This move neatly established him as the next well-credentialed liberal flunky to carry Obama's water.
With Hillary taking the spotlight, Kerry is in a bad position. As SOS spokesman Larry Bailey, Captain (SEAL), USN (Retired) pointed out:
Kerry's primary objective is to draw negative attention away from himself as he pursues his goal of becoming Secretary of State. He is in an awkward situation. Any embarrassing questions he might ask of Hillary may reflect poorly on the Obama administration which, in turn, could cost him the top diplomatic post.
In one sense, Kerry would probably make a great Secretary of State, given his skills in lying, dissembling, misdirection, and other talents of deception that are often associated with that position.
It is sad that Kerry has never been held accountable for his phony Silver Star, his three phony Purple Hearts, and his lying testimony before Congress during the Vietnam War. He is a phony hero, and his military and political records can only be enhanced by further acts of treason.
God save us.
Time and time again, John Kerry has clearly shown us exactly what kind of man he is.
He has no qualms about deceiving and distorting to get what he wants.
He only respects military service as a means to his ambitious political ends.
And, with no question, John Kerry will be another in the long line of Secretaries of State who will gladly help the President abuse his power and manipulate public opinion.
The last thing America needs is yet another phony sock puppet for President Obama. After Benghazi and the ongoing failure of liberal policies here at home, you would think that people would be warier of anything coming out of this Administration.
Unfortunately, the media has facilitated this by largely giving Kerry a pass. Considering how they got taken for fools while Susan Rice and the President's other mouthpieces lied for weeks after the attacks last year, it is incredible that no one is pointing out how Kerry is already toeing the line -- just like everyone on the inside did after the September 11th attacks in Libya.
How obvious does the internal corroboration have to be before it's no longer acceptable?
Are we as a nation simply fine with the idea of our leaders routinely lying to us about why our fellow countrymen die overseas, or why our property is stolen and destroyed?
If the handling of Kerry's nomination is any indication, that is a sad "yes" for a lot of the political heavyweights who dominate the airwaves. And until we band together and demand a change in the way this Administration and our federal government as a whole does business, we will only see more of the same.
The media are already on Obama's side, and if you think they're going to do anything to hurt his liberal mission, you're dead wrong.
Dick Brauer, Colonel, USAF (Ret.)
Co-founder, Special Operations Speaks
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