Whether you are impelled to or not, citing something that you've heard without verifying it's authenticity is just plain irresponsible and wrong. It's one of the reasons those dang chain emails annoy me so much.
If Kerry heard first hand stories from soldiers of atrocities, accounts that he believes are true based upon the trustworthiness of the source, then when he relays that story to Congress he is stating them as if he believes them to be accurate.
If it turns out that Kerry's sources lied to him, even though he had every reason to believe they didn't, he'd be guilty of the same mistake Bush made. Saying he has no obligation as to the truthfulness of stories he is recounting, is to forgive George Bush of the very same thing. I don't care if he's talking to Congress, or a kindergarten class.
When Bush relayed the British WMD intel, he believed it. I sure hope Kerry believed what he was recounting in that testimony, because it speaks worse of him if he didn't, wrong or otherwise.
ugh, sorry for the long post.....Brian
----- Original Message -----
From: Gruss Gott
To: CF-Community
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 3:43 PM
Subject: Re: Kerry's Testimony
> Andy wrote:
> If one wishes to hold Bush responsible for ... the same should be applied to Kerry.
You're wrong. Here's why:
Mr. Bush is acting as the President of the United States; he acts in
the same capacity as Congress in the example of Mr. Kerry's testimony.
If Mr. Bush, or congress, feels something needs to be investigated,
then they investigate it.
Mr. Kerry, on the other hand, was acting in the capacity of a
character/professional witness. His job was only to provide
information based on questions from the investigators; not to conduct
an investigation. That's congress' or the President's job.
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