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Kerry: ‘I Was Wrong' On Iraq
CNSNews.com ^ | June 13, 2006 | Nathan Burchfiel

Posted on 06/13/2006 3:49:46 PM PDT by fuyb

Washington, D.C. (CNSNews.com) - U.S. Sen. John Kerry of Massachusetts on Tuesday told an audience at the liberal Take Back America conference that he was sorry for voting to authorize the war in Iraq, calling the entire mission "a mistake."

"We were misled, we were given evidence that was not true," Kerry said. "It was wrong, and I was wrong to vote [for it]."

Kerry, who led an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2004, said it was necessary to admit mistakes because "you cannot change the future if you''re not honest about the past." He criticized supporters of the war, who label anti-war activists and politicians as unpatriotic and pessimistic.

"The true pessimists are those who will not accept that America''s strength depends on our credibility at home and around the world," Kerry said. "The true pessimists are those who do not understand that valuing our principles is critical to our national security and it is as critical to our national security as our military power itself."

He said questioning the war and fighting in it are "two sides of the very same patriotic coin" and compared the modern anti-war movement to the anti-war movement in the Vietnam War. Kerry, who served in Vietnam, returned to the United States and offered testimony to Congress, opposing the war and describing horrific war crimes he said soldiers committed there.

He said opposing the war is "a right and an obligation" because it was "founded on a lie [and] can never be true to America''s character."

Kerry also lashed out at war supporters who accuse anti-war activists of not supporting the troops. "The best way to support the troops is to oppose a course that destroys their lives," he said.

Kerry renewed his call for a withdrawal of troops from Iraq, saying that he supports setting a timetable for the removal in Iraq that is not "cut and run." Without saying when he would like troops removed from the war zone, Kerry said he believes "we need a hard and fast deadline."

Kerry made his comments during a speech at the annual Take Back America conference in the nation''s capital. Organized by the liberal Campaign for America''s Future, the conference has also feature U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton and U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi. U.S. Sens. Russ Feingold and Barack Obama are scheduled to appear Wednesday.

A spokesman for the Republican National Committee was not immediately available for reaction to Kerry''s comments.


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To: fuyb; CMS; The Sailor; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; Defender2; OneLoyalAmerican; bkwells; blacklions; ...

For those who "forgot" what Hanoi Kerry
did in the past read on and learn the truth.

Hanoi Kerry was still a USNR officer while he:
gave false hearsay testimony to Congress
negotiated with the enemy
helped the US lose a war
abetted in the deaths of millions
created a hostile environment for all servicemen

http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/kerry/index.php?topic=Documents

Karl Rove knew, Nov. 7, 2004 , that hanoi kerry would try to run in '08
and knew Swift Boat Vet's would be called upon,
again, to serve our country.

Rove Credits Swiftvets With 'Energizing' Bush Vote (Thank You Karl Rove!)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1345603/posts


21 posted on 06/13/2006 3:54:49 PM PDT by 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub (Support the troops by exposing the threats to them like hanoi kerry, cut and run murtha, MSM)
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To: fuyb

Well, as long as you admit you're wrong, how about signing that old 180 and prove US wrong about your fake military history.


22 posted on 06/13/2006 3:54:58 PM PDT by digger48
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To: fuyb
Kerry, who served in Vietnam

Who knew?

Actually, Kerry was right about the war before he was wrong.

23 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:05 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: fuyb

KERRY: "Tell me what you want me to say and I'll say it."


24 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:07 PM PDT by atomicpossum (Replies must follow approved guidelines or you will be kill-filed without appeal.)
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To: Recovering Ex-hippie
With theresa for a wife, the only time Kerry is talking about "hard and fast" is when he is making a speech!

Or ordering drinks.

25 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:17 PM PDT by LexBaird ("Politically Correct" is the politically correct term for "F*cking Retarded". - Psycho Bunny)
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To: Darkwolf377

Wait a little. I could not quite make it - was he right to be wrong or was he wrong to be right? I see at least three more months' worth of waffling and flip-flopping here.


26 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:33 PM PDT by GSlob
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To: fuyb

Is he talking about the time when Ronald Regan sent him up the Tigris River on a secret mission on Christmas Eve of 1980?


27 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:41 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: fuyb

Kerry, who led an unsuccessful bid for the presidency in 2004, said it was necessary to admit mistakes because "you cannot change the future if you''re not honest about the past."

Which is why he will never be a part of the future.


28 posted on 06/13/2006 3:55:41 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: fuyb

Fortunately the American voters were right.


29 posted on 06/13/2006 3:56:04 PM PDT by xp38
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To: fuyb
A spokesman for the Republican National Committee was not immediately available for reaction to Kerry''s comments.

Uh...er...ah...

WHY THE **** NOT?!?!?!?!???!?

30 posted on 06/13/2006 3:56:08 PM PDT by Christian4Bush (The Rat Party's goal is to END the conflict, not WIN the conflict...should be the other way around.)
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To: fuyb


COMEDY...what a douchebag!


31 posted on 06/13/2006 3:56:09 PM PDT by in hoc signo vinces ("Houston, TX...a waiting quagmire for jihadis. American gals are worth fighting for!")
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To: fuyb

Kerry was wrong on Vietnam; when will he admit that?


32 posted on 06/13/2006 3:56:49 PM PDT by WOSG (Do your duty, be a patriot, support our Troops - VOTE!)
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To: fuyb

Kerry is such a jackass. I hope he runs for president again.



KERRY-GORE '08 !!!


33 posted on 06/13/2006 3:56:59 PM PDT by spinestein (The Democratic Party is the reason I vote for Republicans.)
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To: fuyb
I hear Air-America needs a couple of hosts...the Kerry-Gore show sounds so very entertaining.........

Bwahahahahahahahaha

34 posted on 06/13/2006 3:57:13 PM PDT by cbkaty (I may not always post...but I am always here......)
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To: fuyb
Just hours after this garbage United for Peace and Justice sent out an email asking everyone to call congress to support bringong our troops home
Congress has spent years avoiding responsibility for Iraq. But this week, the Senate will vote on several different proposals to bring the troops home and end the war, calling for measures that range from immediate withdrawal to a gradual withdrawal stretched out over 18 months
35 posted on 06/13/2006 3:57:14 PM PDT by armymarinemom (My sons freed Iraqi and Afghan Honor Roll students.)
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To: fuyb

A tad late, John.

If you were so wrong in voting for the War, doesn't that make you a weakly candidate for the Presidency? If you, all of the sudden, change your mind, you cannot change the courses of events.

Indecisiveness is one flaw the Commander in Chief should not have. If you were President, John, what kinds of potential problems would your indecisiveness and changing-your-mind in the course of events impact America?


36 posted on 06/13/2006 3:57:20 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: fuyb

He is he was he did he didn't...

37 posted on 06/13/2006 3:57:47 PM PDT by eleni121 ('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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To: fuyb

And besides, I just remembered I wasn't in Cambodia.


38 posted on 06/13/2006 3:58:15 PM PDT by jazusamo (DIANA IREY for Congress, PA 12th District: Retire murtha.)
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To: fuyb

An apologetic metrosexual reaching out for the soft vote.


39 posted on 06/13/2006 3:58:39 PM PDT by gotribe (It's not a religion.)
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To: spinestein

The can call their campaign "Girth and the Lurch"


40 posted on 06/13/2006 3:59:32 PM PDT by fhayek
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