reminds me of a pretty appropriate quote by emerson:

A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of a little mind.

when the words hobgoblin and little mind come up I cannot help but
think of GW Shrub.

larry

On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 11:52:25 -0700 (PDT), Sam Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I especially like the "prove to the world" part.
>
> Sounds like he's flip-flopping again, don't you think?
>
> -sm
>
> --- Gruss Gott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > On Thu, 07 Oct 2004 12:08:13 -0400, Robert Munn
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >  I would like to hear his whole answer again.
> >
> > Here it is - pay close attention to the second
> > paragraph:
> >
> > LEHRER: New question. Two minutes, Senator Kerry.
> > What is your
> > position on the whole concept of preemptive war?
> >
> > KERRY: The president always has the right, and
> > always has had the
> > right, for preemptive strike. That was a great
> > doctrine throughout the
> > Cold War. And it was always one of the things we
> > argued about with
> > respect to arms control.
> >
> > No president, though all of American history, has
> > ever ceded, and nor
> > would I, the right to preempt in any way necessary
> > to protect the
> > United States of America.
> >
> > But if and when you do it, Jim, you have to do it in
> > a way that passes
> > the test, that passes the global test where your
> > countrymen, your
> > people understand fully why you're doing what you're
> > doing and you can
> > prove to the world that you did it for legitimate
> > reasons.
> >
> > Here we have our own secretary of state who has had
> > to apologize to
> > the world for the presentation he made to the United
> > Nations.
> >
> >
>
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