From the Boston Globe:
“We didn’t have the patience, we didn’t have the maturity, to exhaust the remedies available to us and truly build that coalition and understand the nature of the threat,” Kerry said.
12 years of sanctions. 12 years of Saddam stonewalling inspector. 12 years of sanctions violations by Saddam. Etc. I would guess that Kerry has forgotten those years, similar to how he has forgotten 18+ years in the Senate. And his anti-war activities in the 70’s. And forgetting to report for his Ready Reserve unit.
And how about a coalition of over 30 countries? But no France or Germany. Bummer. North Korea’s army is 3 times the size of either of France or Germany’s armys. Though Germans might have been good at garrison duty. The did it to the French during 2 world wars. ;)
But Rudy G. takes some good shots:
One of the president’s chief surrogates on terrorism issues, former New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, hit back at Kerry on the Sept. 11 remarks. In addition, former Marine Corps commandant P.X. Kelley accused Kerry of “opportunism” in hammering Bush over the terrorist attacks.
In a statement, Giuliani linked Kerry’s reference to the Florida classroom with filmmaker Michael Moore’s anti-Bush documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11,” which used video footage from that morning to portray the president as clueless.
“John Kerry must be frustrated in his campaign if he is armchair-quarterbacking based on cues from Michael Moore,” Giuliani said. “John Kerry is an indecisive candidate who has demonstrated an inconsistent position on the war on terror, who voted against funding for our troops at war, and who cannot give a clear answer on his position concerning the decision to remove Saddam Hussein.”
That last shot, a frequent taunt from the Bush campaign to Kerry, came after the Democrat told the UNITY gathering that he “might” have gone to war if Hussein had refused to disarm.
“You bet we might have,” Kerry said, adding that the result would not have cost as much in American casualties or taxpayers’ money.
Rudy’s statement stands on it’s own. But Kerry saying “You bet we might have” is just absurd. This is the extreme of wishy washy. It shows his inability to make a tough decision. Kerry has had quite some time to think of a good answer. It shows that he is truly on the same page as the UN. And, for a man with no plan and no position, he sure seems to know alot about costs .
So now he has become Lt(jg) Wishy Washy.
