powerlineblog
<font size=4>The Ultimate Flop?
This was in the Washington Times this morning, and Drudge has linked to it, so it may be old news, but it's still pretty stunning. This may be the ultimate John Kerry flip-flop:<font color=blue>
During a 1997 debate on CNN's "Crossfire," Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq. "We know we can't count on the French. We know we can't count on the Russians," said Mr. Kerry. "We know that Iraq is a danger to the United States, and we reserve the right to take pre-emptive action whenever we feel it's in our national interest."
<font color=black>
Rep. Peter King was on the Crossfire show with Kerry, and had a tape of the program, which he has shared with the Times and a New York radio host.
It would be possible, but not easy, to imagine a more damaging quote from Kerry's past.
By the way, at lunch today I saw an editorial cartoon that made an excellent point--one that should be obvious, but that I, at least, hadn't put together. The cartoon shows <font color=blue>"President" Kerry on the phone, saying something like: "Bonjour, Jacques, I'm calling to ask you to send some troops to help fight the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time."<font color=black> I'm not sure that anyone ever believed that Kerry could somehow persuade our reluctant <font color=blue>"allies"<font color=black> to lend more help in Iraq. But given the way in which he is now trashing the war effort, it would seem that Kerry will have to abandon the claim that if elected, he would be able to bring more allies on board.
<font size=3>
Posted by Hindrocket
powerlineblog.com |
