Kerry: Terrorist Shiite Al-Sadr 'A Legitimate Voice'

NewsMax.com ^ | April 7, 2004 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

In an interview broadcast Wednesday morning, Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry defended terrorist Shiite imam Moqtada al-Sadr as a "legitimate voice" in Iraq, despite that fact that he's led an uprising that has killed nearly 20 American GIs in the last two days.

Speaking of al-Sadr's newspaper, which was shut down by coalition forces last week after it urged violence against U.S. troops, Kerry complained to National Public Radio, "They shut a newspaper that belongs to a legitimate voice in Iraq."

In the next breath, however, the White House hopeful caught himself and quickly changed direction, adding, "Well, let me . . . change the term legitimate. It belongs to a voice — because he has clearly taken on a far more radical tone in recent days and aligned himself with both Hamas and Hezbollah, which is a sort of terrorist alignment."

But Kerry again seemed to voice sympathy for the Shiite terrorist when asked whether he supported al Sadr's arrest. "Not if it’s an isolated act without the other kinds of steps necessary to change the dynamics on the ground in Iraq," Kerry told NPR, in quotes first reported by the New York Sun.

"If all we do is make war against the Iraqi people and continue an American occupation, fundamentally, without a clarity as to who and how sovereignty is being turned over, we have a very serious problem for the long run here," Kerry added. "And I think this administration is just walking dead center down into that trap."

On March 28, the U.S.-led coalition authorities closed al-Sadr's newspaper, al-Hawza, for 60 days, the Sun reported. L. Paul Bremer, the chief U.S. administrator in Iraq, charged that said the newspaper had published false stories blaming the coalition forces for local acts of terrorism.

[kayak]

Ping

[OXENinFLA]

Tell me there is audio of this.

[SierraWasp]

"Well, let me . . . change the term legitimate..."

NO!!!

That's all you DemonicRats know how to do!!!

You CANNOT continually "change the term(s)" and cover your differential(donkey) when you make Freudian slips and blurt out your glaring anti-American verbage/garbage that helps embolden our murderous enemies!!!

[Amelia]

Speaking of al-Sadr's newspaper, which was shut down by coalition forces last week after it urged violence against U.S. troops, Kerry complained to National Public Radio, "They shut a newspaper that belongs to a legitimate voice in Iraq."

al-Sadr's newspaper is the same sort of voice that Kerry was in the U.S. 30 years ago.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

John Kerry: Chater member of Hate America First.

[TomGuy]

Kerry would sell this nation down the river even worse than Clinton did.

I can't see the Dems allowing this nutcase to get the nomination. Every time Kerry talks his sticks his foot in his mouth. Truly, foot-in-mouth disease.

[HardStarboard]

This morning, on another thread, I read a repost from someone in Iraq that called Sadr "a little boy" that leads a bunch of militants that carry burlap sacks around so that when Sadr gains control of the country they can put all the money in the banks in the sacks. He basically said the guy is a dreamer and has no standing as a cleric.

The Iraqi's see throught this guy but Kerry thinks Sadr is a legitmate voice

Kerry must be defeated at all costs

[paul51]

He's just trying to pick up another foriegn endoresement. He's a real fighter, you know.

[Tax Government]

Kerry is a treasonous son of a b*tch.

[finnman69]

John Kerry support's the TED(Kennedy) Offensive

[KC Burke]

"a legitamate voice..."

yup, Johnny, of Iran, hoping to abort the birth of a secular state next door.

[Jackie-O]

He betrays the honor and memory of the American's that have died over there...and their grieving families.

[Just mythoughts]

"Kerry would sell this nation down the river even worse than Clinton did.

I can't see the Dems allowing this nutcase to get the nomination. Every time Kerry talks his sticks his foot in his mouth. Truly, foot-in-mouth disease."

JFKerry sounds like the perfect candidate to run Iraq.

Wonder when he will go over and meet and greet the Shiite Al-Sadr?

[Kaslin]

I agree with you. He had to misspoken. *snicker*

[boxerblues]

bears repeating

[areafiftyone]

Kerry just lost the election BIG TIME!

[StriperSniper]

Tell me there is audio of this.

Got to ask Carl.

I hope Brit has this tonight.

[bored at work]

This is so unbelievable that if I dont hear it with my own ears I wont believe it.

[1Old Pro]

Kerry is potentially more dangerous to America than the terrorists. Put that in your pipe and smoke it.

[CharlesThe Hammer]

...and the local VC tax collector was a "legitimate" servant of the people. For John Kerry, I guess legitimacy increases in direct proportion to one's hatred for "American imperialist, lackey-dogs".