Posted on 10/08/2004 7:35:07 AM PDT by Greek
I have a question for my fellow Freepers and Bloggers out there. I recall Kerry arguing for lifting sanctions in Iraq at one time. Can anyone out there find this quote/tape? The reason I think this is huge is because the report thaty just came out said Saddam had a two part plan: get the sanctions lifted, and then restart his WMD program. If we can show Kerry being on the wrong side of this one, it would be devistating.
Get Kerry labeled as part of the French conspiracy to collect billions from Saddam.....
Good point - are you lurking GWB ???
As for Kerry, I wouldn't doubt that he wanted the sanctions lifted. He has taken every other position, why not that one too?
In the fine spelling tradition of FR, and I'm series (g), it would also be devastating.
Of course he did. Iraq was no threat and 911 didn't happen.
Check this google cached link, page down to the yellow Kerry entry:
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:-jTLMPzRUNEJ:www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/library/news/iraq/1998/index_09.html+kerry+%22lift+sanctions%22+iraq+hussein&hl=en&start=9
I found this but don't know how to research house bills
A CALL TO LIFT ECONOMIC SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAQ
Henry B. Gonzalez, (TX-20)
(House of Representatives - June 24, 1991)
[Page: H4929]http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/congress/1991_cr/h910624g.htm
I would doubt that Kerry advocating lifting the sanctions, given the fact that he was "out front" of his own party in advocating tough action against Saddam and the WMDs John Kerry fervently believed he had. That is, until Howard Dean forced him to readjust his positions.
http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/09/980914-in2.htm
http://www.fas.org/news/iraq/1998/09/980907-in.htm
Try this for starters...worth some investigation, if you can find his comments on the subject.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1210163/posts
If you can figure out what he's even saying...
And this one, just because it's so easy...
http://www.gopusa.com/news/2004/october/1001_kerry_wmd.shtml
I intended to research this very thing, and in the process I discovered a speech Kerry gave in October 1998.
Here are a two compelling paragraphs from that speech.
Russia, France and China have consistently been more sympathetic to Iraq's call for sanctions relief than the United States and Britain. We, on the other hand, have steadfastly insisted that sanctions remain in place until he complies. These differences over how to deal with Iraq reflect the fact that there is a superficial consensus, at best, among the Perm 5 on the degree to which Iraq poses a threat and the priority to be placed on dismantling Iraq's weapons capability. For the United States and Britain, an Iraq equipped with nuclear, chemical or biological weapons under the leadership of Saddam Hussein is a threat that almost goes without description, although our current activities seem to call into question whether or not one needs to be reminded of some of that description. Both of these countries have demonstrated a willingness to expend men, material and money to curb that threat.
France, on the other hand, has long established economic and political relationships within the Arab world, and has had a different approach. Russia also has a working relationship with Iraq, and China, whose commitment to nuclear nonproliferation has been less than stellar, has a very different calculus that comes into play. Iraq may be a threat and nonproliferation may be the obvious, most desirable goal, but whether any of these countries are legitimately prepared to sacrifice other interests to bring Iraq to heel remains questionable today, and is precisely part of the calculus that Saddam Hussein has used as he tweaks the Security Council and the international community simultaneously.
~snip
I would point out also that there are experts on Iraq, those in the inspections team, those at the U.N. and elsewhere in our international community, who are very clear that Saddam Hussein's first objective is not to lift the sanctions. His first objective is to keep Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program--that will come ahead of all else.
http://www.fas.org/spp/starwars/congress/1998/s981010-iraq.htm
Kerry lied! He said Saddam had WMD. Kerry lied! Kerry lied! Kerry lied! Kerry lied!
/sarc
Well the experts were wrong ....
This sentence:
His first objective is to keep Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program--that will come ahead of all else.
Goes directly to the argument he is making today, and backs up what President Bush is saying about Saddam's intentions. Kerry knew it then and he knows it now, but is lying about it.
He is stepping thru a mine-field of his own laying....so to speak!
He is stepping thru a mine-field of his own laying....so to speak!
I am not getting confirmation back on posting so I post it and then it tells me.....
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