subject: YOO-HOO! SECURITY MOMS: John Kerry John Kerry "The Bush Administration is so entralled by the idea of preemption and American military might. This is the consequence of the policy that regards legitimacy as largely a product of force and victory as primarily a triump of arms." John Kerry John Kerry George Bush Dick Cheney John Kerry
OUR CHILDREN AND THE KERRY PERIL:
in Kerry's own words
THE TERRORISTS ARE TARGETING YOUR KIDS! (ABC report)
"We were not at war in the 1990s."
(missing the point entirely that the War on Terror began in earnest with the bombing of the WTC in 1993 and bin Laden's subsequent repeated (and unanswered) declarations and acts of war against America).
Democratic presidential debate, January 29, 2004, Greenville, S.C.
COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN RELATIONS , 3 December 2003
acceptance speech, July 29, 2004
State of the Union Address, The U.S. Capitol, January 28, 2003
"I listened to what Senator Kerry had to say in Boston [Kerry acceptance speech], and, with all due respect to the Senator, he views the world as if we had never been attacked on September 11th. The job of the Commander-in-Chief, as he sees it, is to use America's military strength to respond to attacks. But September 11th showed us, as surely as anything can, that we must act against gathering dangers - not wait for to be attacked. That awful day left some 3,000 of our fellow citizens dead, and everything we have learned since tells us the terrorists would do worse if they could, and that they will even use chemical, biological, or nuclear weapons against us if they can. In the world we live in now, responding to attacks is not enough. We must do everything in our power to prevent attacks -- and that includes using military force."
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE ONE:
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.... 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....
LEHRER: Ninety seconds.
BUSH: Let me -- I'm not exactly sure what you mean, "passes the global test," you take preemptive action if you pass a global test.
My attitude is you take preemptive action in order to protect the American people, that you act in order to make this country secure.
Good Morning America
September 29, 2004
JOHN KERRY:
"We should not have gone to war, knowing the information we know today....
DIANE SAWYER:
"So, it was not worth it."
JOHN KERRY:
"You should not -- eh -- it depends on the outcome, ultimately, and that depends on the leadership. And we need better leadership to get the job done successfully. I would not have gone to war knowing there was no imminent threat, weapons of mass destruction, there was no connection with al Qaeda and to Saddam Hussein. The president -- eh -- misled the American people. Plain and simple. Bottom line."
DIANE SAWYER:
"So, if it turns out okay, it was worth it? -- "
JOHN KERRY (interrupts) :
"No."
DIANE SAWYER:
"...but now it wasn -- ?"
JOHN KERRY (interrupts again) :
"It was a mistake to do what he did but we have to succeed now that we've done it.
Good Morning America
September 29, 2004
for discussion, goto:
Diane Sawyer Nails Kerry Peril (PREEMPTION + KERRY'S EX POST FACTO REASONING)
Larry King Live
July 8, 2004
"Well, I haven't been briefed [about the new al Qaeda plans of a large-scale attack on the United States] yet, Larry. They have offered to brief me; I just haven't had time."
Larry King Live, July 8, 2004
(NB: Radio City, July 8, 2004, Nantucket, July 17, 2004)
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