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Dimsdale
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 Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:16 am Post subject: More Kerry flipflopping doublespeak (Iraq) |
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From the INDC journal (http://www.indcjournal.com/)
| Quote: | Destroying More of Kerry's Talking Points
Kerry's newest position on Iraq states that President Bush "took his eye off the ball" by confronting Saddam Hussein instead of maintaining exclusive focus on Osama bin Laden and the terrorists in Afghanistan. As I've previously pointed out, Kerry conveniently ignores the fact that he urged an earlier focus on Iraq, after 9-11. From his October 9th, 2002 speech prior to the vote authorizing the use of force in Iraq:
"But the administration missed an opportunity 2 years ago and particularly a year ago after September 11. They regrettably, and even clumsily, complicated their own case. The events of September 11 created new understanding of the terrorist threat and the degree to which every nation is vulnerable. That understanding enabled the administration to form a broad and impressive coalition against terrorism. Had the administration tried then to capitalize on this unity of spirit to build a coalition to disarm Iraq, we would not be here in the pressing days before an election, late in this year, debating this now. The administration's decision to engage on this issue now, rather than a year ago or earlier, and the manner in which it has engaged, has politicized and complicated the national debate and raised questions about the credibility of their case."
(Emphasis mine)
Today we can add another piece of evidence to the pile: leftie blogger Mickey Kaus dug up an additional quote from John Kerry's November 16, 2001 television interview with John McLaughlin, given at a point when American forces were still engaged in combat in Afghanistan:
"I have no doubt, I've never had any doubt -- and I've said this publicly -- about our ability to be successful in Afghanistan. We are and we will be. The larger issue, John, is what happens afterwards. How do we now turn attention ultimately to Saddam Hussein? How do we deal with the larger Muslim world? What is our foreign policy going to be to drain the swamp of terrorism on a global basis?" [Emphasis added]
Kerry was talking about a focus on Iraq barely two months after 9-11.
Kaus comments:
"Wait--I thought shifting the focus to Saddam was a "diversion" and distraction from the fight against Al Qaeda! Not, apparently, when Kerry saw an opportunity to score political points by advocating it. [But would he have rushed to war in Iraq without a plan to win the peace!-ed. Maybe not. But, given Kerry's recent he-took-his-eye-off-the-ball rhetoric, it's embarrassing that he brought up pivoting to Iraq "now" long before the Afghan campaign was over--indeed, when the Tora Bora battle against bin Laden's men had barely begun.]"
Exactly. Anyone that votes for Kerry because they think that Iraq was "Bush's distraction" is living in a world of spin and denial. |
And today, he tears into Bush for the very things he did at the time.
Is there no depth to which Kerry will not sink for personal gain?
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neverforget
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 4:29 am Post subject: |
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>>Is there no depth to which Kerry will not sink for personal gain?<<
No, there is no depth.
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shadowy
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Location: St. Louis, MO
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| Posted: Wed Oct 27, 2004 5:39 am Post subject: |
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| More proof that he is not ignorant of the truth, or of what is the right thing for the country, he just rejects it when it doesn't gain him any votes. |
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