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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (5948)	3/9/2004 8:45:30 AM
From: Jagfan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 81568

President Bush had it right yesterday when he said during a speech that "my opponent clearly has strong beliefs - they just don't last very long." Not only do they not last very long, they constantly change. Let's just take a look at a few of Senator Kerry's greatest hits, shall we? Turns out the Senator likes to write books. In his out of print 1997 tome "The New War," Kerry called Islamic terrorist Yasser Arafat a "role model" and a "statesman." Just eight days ago in a speech to Jewish leaders, he flip-flopped, saying he agreed with President Bush that Arafat was not a partner for peace - much less a statesman. That is one thing that is remarkably consistent about John Kerry: his position shifts with the audience. Here's another example from the man who wants to direct the nation's foreign policy. Speaking to the Arab American Institute in July, he said that Israel's security fence was "provocative" and a barrier to peace. Then a week ago, he told Jewish leaders that the same fence was necessary to the security of Israel. So what is his position? Who knows...surely he doesn't. And then we have the body armor issue. Kerry has accused the president of not supplying enough body armor to the troops in Iraq. However, it turns out that in 2002, Kerry voted against supplying the troops with more body armor. Wow...8 more months to go until election day. Will there be debates between Kerry and himself? boortz.com

To: ChinuSFO who wrote (5948)	3/9/2004 10:29:41 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

What are German and Italian authorities doing here. The Germans and Italians were notified by the US which was tracking the shipment. Germany, because the shipment left Dubai on a German flagged vessel. Italy because they were a allied country (in NATO and the PSI -see below) with port facilities between Dubai and Libya. The idea the Europeans discovered this on their own is total nonsense. The detection of this shipment was a fruit of the US-organized Proliferation Security Initiative. Germany and Italy and a bunch of other countries happen to be participating members of the PSI. But the US, specifically the Bush administration, is the originator of the PSI. armscontrol.org state.gov