Kerry: Invading Iraq was the right thing to do, even without WMD

[Ripsnort]

GRAND CANYON, Ariz. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said on Monday he would have voted for the congressional resolution authorizing force against Iraq even if he had known then no weapons of mass destruction would be found.

link to Rueters via myway

[anonymous]

well i respect him saying that a great deal. moveon.org staffers must be out buying razorblades in bulk however.

[Westy]

Meet the new boss.....

  Same as the old boss

  Won't get fooled again.......



  (visualise wicked air guitar. Better than GWB aka Will Ferrel in that hilarious but oh so dead on the money! video Ripsnort just posted about)



 This just  proves that Bush sucks but so does Kerry. IMO Bush by a magnitude of five more than Kerry but they both suck.  Which is why I'll be writing in "MCain" more than likely.

[wklink]

I've never been folled?

What does it feel like?

[Ripsnort]

Originally posted by wklink
I've never been folled?

What does it feel like?

Thats when you're rolled over and fondled...Folled.

[GRUNHERZ]

Are we on the flip part or the flop part of the Kerry cycle?

Anyhow, NOTE TO KERRY TROOPS URGENT NOTICE!

As of today, August 10, 2004 the Iraq war was offically a good thing. This is what you will think untill we tell you otherwise.

[Yeager]

Which is why I'll be writing in "MCain" more than likely.
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McCain sucks just the same

[Eagler]

so full of holes and doublespeak I am surprised it is even printed...

""My goal, my diplomacy, my statesmanship is to get our troops reduced in number and I believe if you do the statesmanship properly, I believe if you do the kind of alliance building that is available to us, that it's appropriate to have a goal of reducing the troops over that period of time," he said.

On that timetable, Kerry's aim would be to pull out a large number of the 138,000 U.S. troops in Iraq in the first six months of his administration.

"Obviously, we'd have to see how events unfold," he added. "I intend to get more people involved in that effort and I'm convinced I can be more successful than President Bush in succeeding in doing that. It is an appropriate goal to have and I'm going to try to achieve it.""

herman truly think that just because he becomes president, the euros would throw their soldiers into Iraq to fill the holes he created when he pulls out ours? LOL
Or is he under the illusion the fighting will magically stop in Iraq once he becomes POTUS?? LOL

Euros - you ready send your soldiers to Iraq just because the Potus is skerry and not Bush??

 LOL - this guy needs to go into stand up comedy ...

[Saurdaukar]

This guy is unbelieveable.

[Pongo]

Hes in a bad spot. The economic, miltitary and political damage that Bush has done will not be undone in the next presidential term. It will take a decade at least and much longer then that to pay off the deficits that Bush ran.
But no matter the answer is not to abandon the boys and girls that are serving Bush in Iraq. Kerry has to keep appearences that the war has total executive support, its the only way to leave with dignity and to minimize the dangers faced there. If Kerry babbles how much he is against the war and that they will be coming home the day he wins it will cause a ground swell in the iraqi resistance and cost many american lives and make it harder to get out. Bush didnt need an exit strategy cause he never planed on leaving. Kerry is not so lucky.

If he had said he was pulling the troops out ASAP of course you types would be all over him saying that no matter how he felt about the war he owed it the troops to do exaclty what he has in fact done.

[GRUNHERZ]

Originally posted by Pongo
Hes in a bad spot. The economic, miltitary and political damage that Bush has done will not be undone in the next presidential term. It will take a decade at least and much longer then that to pay off the deficits that Bush ran.
But no matter the answer is not to abandon the boys and girls that are serving Bush in Iraq. Kerry has to keep appearences that the war has total executive support, its the only way to leave with dignity and to minimize the dangers faced there. If Kerry babbles how much he is against the war and that they will be coming home the day he wins it will cause a ground swell in the iraqi resistance and cost many american lives and make it harder to get out. Bush didnt need an exit strategy cause he never planed on leaving. Kerry is not so lucky.

If he had said he was pulling the troops out ASAP of course you types would be all over him saying that no matter how he felt about the war he owed it the troops to do exaclty what he has in fact done.

So basically you are saying that you agree with anything kerry says...

[Pongo]

No. But but you must admit that his hands are tied about support for Iraq. He is a centrist no matter how you see him and he will have to deal with Iraq if hes elected. Probably for the whole 4 years at least. So stating now that he is going to pull them out would just cripple his abiltiy to deal with the situation if and when he is in charge.

Its the trap that Bush set for congress.
Vote against the war. Un patriotic or cowardly
Opps the evidence was bogus...but you must support the troops in time of war!
Re election time..well you supported the war too!
New president.   denied the luxuy of doing anything but an orderly withdrawl.

I could just say to you that basically you just disagree with anything Kerry does..but I will answer your question. Although you didnt take the time to really think about my post.

[GRUNHERZ]

Pongo Kerry is not a centrist, his 20 year record as one of the most left wing people in the senate is enought evidence of that.  Thats one of the reasons he spends so little time focusing on what really should be the center of his campaign - his 20 years of experience in the senate.  I think he's trying to pull the wool over voters eyes about his record so peaple can thin k he is a centrist.


Specifically about Iraq. I think we are in Iraq no matter what for a long time, good bar or otherwise.

Why Kerry feels the need to change his stance about the war every few months is beyond me. This basic dishonesty is why I dont like him.  He was the 20 year senator who voted against every key weapons sytem in use today and voted to cut CIA funding  who now poses himself as a national security candidate based on his 4 monts of swit service on vietnam.  THe guy is basically dishonest about himself to himself and everyone else, which really scares me.

[JBA]

Originally posted by Pongo
Hes in a bad spot. The economic, miltitary and political damage that Bush has done will not be undone in the next presidential term. It will take a decade at least and much longer then that to pay off the deficits that Bush ran.

You need a lesson in Economics, Debt, and deficits.

EVERY recession this country has had has been followed by a deficit of about 5% GDP,
Why, you ask? Good question.

Because as tax revenues fall the Government must pick up the slack for funding ALL the INTITALMENT programs that have been created.  medicare/medicaid, Social Security etc.

Through in a War, CEO thieves creating miss trust in the Stock Market, which has caused foreign investment to flee, and the bogus tech boom that went bust because of poor business fundamentals and what do you have,

That’s right a 4.8% of GDP deficit (the only true measure).

So about this “record” deficit (that is at the historical average.)
The Record is 38% post WWII. And the past 20-year average is about 6%.
So Bush has done a great job at KEEPING THE DEFICIT DOWN DURING A TIME OF WAR.

So we are right were we would have been for any President after a recession.

[Eagler]

Originally posted by Pongo
He is a centrist no matter how you see him ....

LOL - please step away from the crack pipe

Nope- he's for the war this week after he was against it last week and before he is against it again next week

my goodness - must be good dope in Europe and Canada this time of year - LOL