Posted on 10/01/2004 11:37:35 AM PDT by tellw
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.
I wonder if Iran will go to the UN for a "global test" when they nuke Israel.
Hmm....definitely sounds a bit waffly, but hardly enough to torpedo his campaign. IIRC, the doctrine in the Cold War was "no first use".
Note to all that to get the full count you have to do the search and then click "Sort by Date" at the upper right. At least I did. (24 before - 54 after click)
What Kerry said to a question about US Premtive actions, he said that the President absoutely has the authority to us e premtive actions and He Kerry would not hesitate to use it. But first it must pass the Global Test..meaning to put our soverinty under the umbrella of the UN..
We ain't buyin it...
It's a completely new remark from Kerry, but consistent with his "shattered alliances" and "Traditional allies" rhetoric.
Actually the Global Test is a misnomer. It appeals to Globalists and anti-american left/corporate liberals who privelege foreign anti-american sentiment. It's a misnomer because Kerry really means "French Test." Or "Parisian Test". He has no problem dumping this rubric of globalism and multilateralism for North Korea.
Adding to the confusion he is instructed not to say the words "Chirac" or "France" lest the peeps recall the events before the war. Bush has done nothing to remind people of such so Kerry basically gets a free-ride on his francophilism. He signals it in code words like mentioning DeGaulle, as did his buddy Sen. Biden did at the Democratic National Convention. Biden is the one who had a private meeting with Chirac.
Your British press is enchanted with levels of Eurocentrism and anti-Bushism and liberal/conservative politics, blinding itself to the fact that Kerry wants to tilt away from the UK to France. He's a longtime Francophile. So are some of his advisors.
A little better understanding of the US mentality on giving up control to the EU and/or UN is needed. Kerry has already been identified as pro-UN and that is a NO-NO in the US.
Good one! I actually decided to laugh, before I decided not to.
Please go to this website:
http://www.useless-knowledge.com/submit.html
and submit a column (must be original, not copied from someone else). That would be one way to get our views across to another audience. Might want to start with the debate last night, and perhaps include the "Global Test" term in your column. You may link to your homepage or blog if you have one. Good luck.
LOL.
The more people that view the global test pages also strengthens the relevancy. Just so you know....
Missus Dingleberry! Missus Dingleberry! Johnny Kerry's cheatin' on the global test! I saw him lookin' at George's answers!
Thank you, Ralphie. Now put your head down and take a nap.
Well, if you guys are right and this is enough to cause Senator Kerry some problems down the line, so much the better. As I see it, all Bush needs to do is draw the debates and he wins the election, and while I am disappointed that he didn't "hit Kerry out of the park", even the BBC seems to be saying that it was pretty much a dead heat.
BTW, welcome aboard WildTurkey!
I've just started using it in casual conversation:
"Scott how does this look?"
"Hmmmm....I don't think that would pass the Global Test - better rewrite it."
:-)
Here's Kofi Annan, giving the Ninth Heinz Distinguished Lecture at the University of Pittsburgh. During his lecture, Kofi criticized Bush. Previous Heinz Distinguished Lecturers included Robert Mugabe
Do you think the students had to take a Global Test after Kofi lectured them?
Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
"This is a test. This station is conducting a test, a global test of the Emergency sKerry Broadcast System. This is not only a test, it is a global test."
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