Yeah, I'm not terribly impressed by Kerry. -Kevin
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2003 1:04 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: well now > > > He is now taking an interesting turn on the war as well. I > can't wait to talk to him this Saturday. I am starting a > blog about the Iowa Democratic caucases, it will be up > tonight, i'll send a link to the list! In the mean time read > this stuff, it's pretty good. > > In New Hampshire yesterday, Democratic presidential candidate > John Kerry said President Bush broke his promise to build an > international coalition against Iraq's Saddam Hussein and > then waged a war based on questionable intelligence. > > But 5 years ago, Sen. Kerry seemed to warn of Saddam's > nuclear and biological capabilities as he argued the U.S. > must do what it has to do, with or without other nations. > > From the official congressional record: Warned Of Saddam > Nuclear And Biological Capabilities: > > "It is not possible to overstate the ominous implications for > the Middle East if Saddam were to develop and successfully > militarize and deploy potent biological weapons. We can all > imagine the consequences. Extremely small quantities of > several known biological weapons have the capability to > exterminate the entire population of cities the size of Tel > Aviv or Jerusalem. These could be delivered by ballistic > missile, but they also could be delivered by much more > pedestrian means; aerosol applicators on commercial trucks > easily could suffice. If Saddam were to develop and then > deploy usable atomic weapons, the same holds true." (Sen. > John Kerry, Congressional Record, 11/9/97, pp. S12254 -S12255) > > Use Of Force Against Saddam Justified To Prevent WMD Production: > > '[Saddam Hussein] cannot be permitted to go unobserved and > unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a > stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. This is not a > matter about which there should be any debate whatsoever in > the Security Council, or, certainly, in this Nation."(Sen. > John Kerry, Congressional Record, 11/9/97, pp. S12254 -S12255) > > Military Force Should Be Used Against Suspected WMD > > "In my judgment, the Security Council should authorize a > strong U.N. military response that will materially damage, if > not totally destroy, as much as possible of the suspected > infrastructure for developing and manufacturing weapons of > mass destruction, as well as key military command and control > nodes. Saddam Hussein should pay a grave price, in a currency > that he understands and values, for his unacceptable > behavior. This should not be a strike consisting only of a > handful of cruise missiles hitting isolated targets primarily > of presumed symbolic value." (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional > Record, 11/9/97, pp. S12254 -S12255) > > U.S. May Have To Go It Alone To Stop Saddam: > > "Were its willingness to serve in these respects to diminish > or vanish because of the ability of Saddam to brandish these > weapons, then the ability of the United Nations or remnants > of the gulf war coalition, or even the United States acting > alone, to confront and halt Iraqi aggression would be gravely > damaged." (Sen. John Kerry, Congressional Record, 11/9/97, > pp. S12254 -S12255) > > U.S. Must Do What It Has To Do, With Or Without Other Nations: > > "[W]hile we should always seek to take significant > international actions on a multilateral rather than a > unilateral basis whenever that is possible, if in the final > analysis we face what we truly believe to be a grave threat > to the well-being of our Nation or the entire world and it > cannot be removed peacefully, we must have the courage to do > what we believe is right and wise." (Sen. John Kerry, > Congressional Record, 11/9/97, pp. S12254 -S12255) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
