[loveliberty2]

An interesting look at the evolution of some of Kerry's views on America's military and its CIA might be of passing interest now, given some of his recent statements.

When he first ran for Congress in 1970, the Harvard Crimsom ran a lengthy article by Samuel Z. Goldfarber about him and his candidacy.

The following is a brief excerpt from Goldfarber's piece:

He supports a volunteer Army, "if and only if we can create the controls for it. You're going to have to prepare for the possibility of a national emergency, however." Kerry said that the United Nations should have control over most of our foreign military operations. "I'm an internationalist. I'd like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations."

On other issues, Kerry wants "to almost eliminate CIA activity. The CIA is fighting its own war in Laos and nobody seems to care."

(End of excerpt)

[loveliberty2]

Correction!! The author of the Kerry article is Samuel Z. Goldhaber, not Goldfarber!