At 09:46 PM 10/13/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 22:36:06 -0400, John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>> KERRY: Well, let me tell you straight up: I've never changed my mind
>> about Iraq. I do believe Saddam Hussein was a threat. I always believed
>> he was a threat. Believed it in 1998 when Clinton was president. I
>> wanted to give Clinton
>> the power to use force if necessary.
>>
>> Then, about five minutes later, after a question about Iran:
>>
>> KERRY: I don't think you can just rely on U.N. sanctions, Randee. But
>> you're absolutely correct, it is a threat, it's a huge threat. And what's
>> interesting is, it's a threat that has grown while the president has been
>> preoccupied with Iraq, where there wasn't a threat.
>
>Ya see, John, there are more than one kind of threat, so it's very
>possible that Hussein is a threat in a general sense (to his neighbors, to
>the stability of the region, to his own people) as was expressed in
>Kerry's first statement, but not a threat in a more specific sense such as
>nuclear weapons which is what the discussion was about in the second
>excerpt.
>
>Here's thje question you conviniently left out, and Kerrys reply in
>context:
>
>"Iran sponsors terrorism and has missiles capable of hitting Israel and
>southern Europe. Iran will have nuclear weapons in two to three years
>time.
>
>In the event that U.N. sanctions don't stop this threat, what will you do
>as president?
>
>KERRY: I don't think you can just rely on U.N. sanctions, Randee. But
>you're absolutely correct, it is a threat, it's a huge threat.
>
>And what's interesting is, it's a threat that has grown while the
>president has been preoccupied with Iraq, where there wasn't a threat."
So, do you think Kerry wants to threaten the use of force against Iran?
JDG
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