Posted on 09/30/2004 11:22:49 PM PDT by dandelion
What is the biggest threat to the United States? According to John Kerry, it's not terrorism, but nuclear proliferation - and not just foreign weapons programs. He means OUR nuclear weapons programs...
LEHRER: If you are elected president, what will you take to that office thinking is the single most serious threat to the national security to the United States?
KERRY: ...Right now the president is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to research bunker-busting nuclear weapons. The United States is pursuing a new set of nuclear weapons. It doesn't make sense.
You talk about mixed messages. We're telling other people, "You can't have nuclear weapons," but we're pursuing a new nuclear weapon that we might even contemplate using.
Not this president. I'm going to shut that program down, and we're going to make it clear to the world we're serious about containing nuclear proliferation.
NOTHING speaks more clearly about the mindset of this candidate that THIS answer to THIS question. Kerry believes OUR weapons program is the biggest threat to the U.S. today - and that's what Kerry's going to shut down. Nothing in this debate compares to THIS statement for illuminating the choice between Bush, who believes that our enemy is terrorism - and Kerry, who believes that our enemy is our own weapons program. Kerry believes that our enemy is not Osama Bin Laden, or Saddam Hussein, but our own scientists, who are trying to develop weapons to win the War on Terror.
I don't recall our own weapons crashing into the World Trade Center - do you? But I do recall our own weapons hitting the target at Tora Bora. Which leads to a question which must be asked of John Kerry -
Why does he think that the single most serious threat to American Security is not the men who are trying to kill us, but the men who are trying to save us?
This statement from Kerry is the one statement that stood out at my husband and I last night. I was surprised that no one until now was picking up on it. I felt this statement showed the true sentiment of this man and what would become of our nation if Kerry is elected. Thanks for bringing this out into the open.
"I'm going to shut that program down, and we're going to make it clear to the world we're serious about containing nuclear proliferation."
Who the hell are we going to impress if we shut this program down? Does he think the NK or Iran are suddenly going to look at us and say "oh, look at the wonderful example of the Americans...let's do that too!" Sure, such a move will impress Germany and France but I don't think we are in any danger of a nuclear attack from either of these countries. The UN will also be impressed. North Korea and Iran will just laugh and carry on with their work safe in the knowledge that their underground fortified research labs and stockpiles are completely secure.
Dove tails nicely with his secret economic plan....massive government program to employ the poor....Chew gov paper all day for the production of Spitballs!
Only problem with that is that Bush abided by the rules and therefore was not allowed to directly ask Kerry anything.
Gee, why do you suppose that is?
hey, does anyone know where and in which debate it was that the moderator asked both men what their policies were on iran obtaining a nuke, and I know president bush said he would not allow them to obtain one and I dont know what kerry said. Im putting together a bit of a montage of kerry quotes to give to potential swing voters in MI.
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