STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN KERRY RE: COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY STRIKES IN IRAQ

US Senate ^ | March 20, 2003 | John Kerry

[Shermy]

STATEMENT OF SENATOR JOHN KERRY

RE: COMMENCEMENT OF MILITARY STRIKES IN IRAQ

Thursday, March 20, 2003

WASHINGTON, DC – Senator John Kerry issued the following statement in response to the commencement of military strikes in Iraq:

“It appears that with the deadline for exile come and gone, Saddam Hussein has chosen to make military force the ultimate weapons inspections enforcement mechanism. If so, the only exit strategy is victory, this is our common mission and the world’s cause. We're in this together. We want to complete the mission while safeguarding our troops, avoiding innocent civilian casualties, disarming Saddam Hussein and engaging the community of nations to rebuild Iraq.”

[Shermy]

Some history for today.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

He'll spin it........he was a war hero ya know......

[elhombrelibre]

And he voted against liberating Kuwait. He's been had every conceivable position.

[The G Man]

This is an obvious CBS style forgery for we now know that at the time Mr Kerry felt we had rushed to war.

[mrplind]

forwarded to bush campaign bushcheney04@georgewbush.com

[Forgiven_Sinner]

"And he voted against liberating Kuwait. He's been had every conceivable position."

He has more positions that the Kama Sutra!

[Shermy]

I reposted it because of Kerry's comments today, an iteration of the French political line that "sanctions worked".

Here, he speaks directly to the fact that Saddam wasn't complying with sanctions and inspections.

[counterpunch]

Let's not get too caught up in the past and keep in mind that Kerry's message today is that Iraq is Vietnam and he will fight it better (even though it is an unjust and immoral war), because he is John Kerry.

We need to be focused on why Bush is succeeding there, first and foremost, and secondly, why Kerry would fail.

People are going to be focused on the present and future, and that is where we must focus. Kerry's past must be used in such a way as to illustrate what he might do in the future. That tangible connection must be made. Otherwise, it is just rhetoric with diminished impact.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Now his message to our soldiers in Iraq and their families is, "Wrong War, Wrong Place, Wrong Time."

His message to 9/11/2001 victims and survivors should be, "Wrong Plane, Wrong Building, Wrong Time."

He is sickening.

[Heff]

JUst emailed all my liberal friends..."all" yeah, all 5 of them!

[rockabyebaby]

"He'll spin it........he was a war hero ya know......"

Get outta town,,,,really???? LOL, I did not know that, lol!

flipper is a loose cannon just waiting to go off!

[rockabyebaby]

"His message to 9/11/2001 victims and survivors should be, "Wrong Plane, Wrong Building, Wrong Time."



EXCELLENT conspiracy guy, EXCELLENT!!

[elhombrelibre]

Yes, but his get more disgusting than the Kama Sutra.

[Conspiracy Guy]

Thanks. I'd like to kick his stupid face.

[mountaineer]

John Edwards in 2002: I think Iraq and Saddam Hussein present the most serious and most imminent threat.

Did somebody say "imminent"?

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Well, I'm not positive about the war hero thing, it's a rumor going around........ ;^)

Loose cannon is one of my favorite expressions - I'd rather think of kerry as a grenade in a rice cache

[68skylark]

We're in this together.

At that time, he was in favor of us all sticking together. So I guess he was in favor of togetherness before he was against it.

[ServesURight]

Bookmarked

[rockabyebaby]

your tagline is hillarious!

[patriciamary]

They are saying on Fox that Kerry called Bush a liar and O'Reilly said if Bush loses the debate tomorrow he loses the election.They said it's because of Ohio he had a 7 point lead now it's tied.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

WHat? Funny tagline? I got it from Michael's Moore's own personal diary - it is his most cherished wish -

[Sacajaweau]

SADDAM HIMSELF is the weapon of mass destruction. It's his AMBITIONS and CONTROL which gave him power. He is the likes of Hitler who was counting on the US to lose their resolve.

BE WISE!

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

That is an excellent point! Send that comment to the White House!!!!

[bornacatholic]

It was a "war of choice" and Kerry publicly admits it was Saddam's choice

[Howlin]

Now, I don't see anywhere in there where he says that the sanctions are working and we should continue them, do you?

That is what I have been told he said today.

[T. Buzzard Trueblood]

Great post.

[Howlin]

Lookie here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1209588/posts

[Howlin]

Shermy, let's not forget that John Edwards himself called Saddam Hussein an imminent threat.

[Mo1]

That is what I have been told he said today.

He did say it .. in fact I just heard the clip on FNC just now