Kerry Endorsed Bush's Tora Bora Strategy
After Osama bin Laden released his pre-election video yesterday, John Kerry repeated his criticism that President Bush let the terror kingpin get away by "outsourcing" the job to Afghan forces when we had bin Laden cornered in the Tora Bora mountains.
But it turns out that in December 2001, when the Tora Bora operation was under way, Kerry endorsed Bush's tactics during an interview with CNN's Larry King.
Kerry said the Bush plan to get bin Laden "is having its impact, and it is the best way to protect our troops and sort of minimalize the proximity, if you will."
Lest anyone mistake his endorsement as half-hearted, Kerry added:
"I think we have been doing this pretty effectively, and we should continue to do it that way."
The quotes, unearthed Saturday by New York Times columnist David Brooks, only add to Kerry's image as a political opportunist who tailors his rhetoric to fit the moment.
According to Kerry, says Brooks: "When we rely on allies everywhere else around the world, that's multilateral cooperation, but when Bush does it in Afghanistan, it's 'outsourcing.' In Iraq, Kerry supports using local troops to chase insurgents, but in Afghanistan he is in post hoc opposition."
The Tora Bora contradiction exposes the credibility gap in Kerry's anti-terror pronouncements, says Brooks. "Many people are not sure that he gets the fundamental moral confrontation. Many people are not sure he feels it, or feels anything."
He approved it before he disapproved it. Nothing new here.
BUMP!
"is having its impact, and it is the best way to protect our troops and sort of minimalize the proximity, if you will. I think we have been doing this pretty effectively, and we should continue to do it that way."Email this, publish it, quote it to everyone you know and ask them to do the same. Kerry is a power hungry charlatain and traitor who will say anything, take any position, do anything, lie, cheat, forge, commit fruad...anything, to get power. He must be stopped.
You linked to the wrong article.
Senator Kerry, you previously stated what we did in Tora Bora was correct. Then you changed your position and blamed our president for failure, this was shortly before the new Ben Laden Tape was aired
#1. How did you know that OBL wasn't killed in Tora Bora and suddenly began complaining about outsourcing the hunt last week? Who told you that Ben Laden was still alive, and when did you hear this?
#2. How did you know that there were no WMDs in Iraq when we invaded Iraq this time? That is the opposite of what you said about WMDS in Iraq in previous times and before the regime change. You and your fellow rats were hollering that there were no WMDs in Iraq before the war was over. Again, who told you that the WMDs were gone and when?
Senator Kerry, it appears that your and your camp have had intel from directly from our enemies, and you didn't share this intel with our military fighting our enemies. Is this why you attended few if any Senate Intel meetings on the WOT?
It's like Kerry is setting his traps but then he steps into them.
Your link doesn't take us to CNN or the reference...got a fix????
either the nyt is trying to make up for a major blunder on al-qaqaa, or brooks had better look for a new employer...
he believes NOTHING. all that is important is WINNING & he will do ANYTHING, no matter how immoral, to get to his goals.
free dixie,sw
This should be plastered over the media. I'm surprised nobody put this out sooner!
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