Kerry contradicted himself within a few minutes tonight on Iraq:
At one point he said that he's always thought Saddam was a threat and has never changed that position.
A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam even though he wasn't a threat to us.
"Kerry contradicted himself within a few minutes tonight on Iraq:
At one point he said that he's always thought Saddam was a threat and has never changed that position.
A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam."
Excellent observations. NOW, I remember that too!
At one point he said that he's always thought Saddam was a threat and has never changed that position.
A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam even though he wasn't a threat to us.
Excellent catch. Very important point!!!
A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam even though he wasn't a threat to us.
I'm watching it the second time right now. You are absolutely correct!
A few minutes later he said the president took his eye off the ball and went after Saddam even though he wasn't a threat to us.
There can be an argument for both positions. And frankly, it is one I support.
Saddam can be a threat to different people, not just us, as in point number one and two. He could be a threat to his citizens, those countries close to him, but to us directly, he wasn't. And frankly, there are others who in my opinion are larger threats.
I think we have discussed this in the past, but the latest report just sums up my views prior to invading Iraq. When we told Blix he was looking in all the wrong places for WMD's and we "knew" where they were at, Blix called the US on it. He said, ok, tell me where they are and I will dispatch my inspectors there. We started fumbling. We came up with a lame response that we couldn't do that for security reasons. It was at that point I had my doubts on our intel and began to believe that despite the reasons we were told for invading, invasion was going to happen under any circunstance. This was the key to me that the WMD claim was lame at best. This was unfinished business from 91, and W was using 9/11 as justification because we were in the mood to get even.
You have to listen closely to Kerry's statements on this. Now, I'm not supporting the man, but I will admit that I will have a tough time when I vote for Bush, because I believe that vote will be seen as rewarding him for something that should have been better communicated and better thought out on how to win the war rather than the invasion battle.