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

To: JakeStraw who wrote (15992)	4/19/2004 11:20:44 AM
From: CalculatedRisk	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 81568

Kerry Backs Off Statements on Vietnam War By JODI WILGOREN nytimes.com Published: April 19, 2004 IAMI, April 18 — Senator John Kerry on Sunday distanced himself from contentious statements he made three decades ago after returning from the Vietnam War, saying his long-ago use of the word "atrocities" to describe his and others' actions was inappropriate and "a little bit excessive." "If you wanted to ask me, `Have you ever made mistakes in your life?' sure," Mr. Kerry, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said in an hourlong interview on the NBC program "Meet the Press." "I think some of the language that I used was a language that reflected an anger." Advertisement The near-apology came after the host, Tim Russert, played videotape of Mr. Kerry, in 1971, acknowledging that he had participated in shooting in free-fire zones, burning villages and search-and-destroy missions. All those actions were "contrary to the laws of warfare" and the Geneva Conventions, he said then. Republicans have seized on those comments, and accusations about war crimes the young Mr. Kerry made in testimony before a Senate committee, to try to undercut his war credentials. "The words were honest," Mr. Kerry said Sunday, "but on the other hand, they were a little bit over the top." <more>

To: JakeStraw who wrote (15992)	4/19/2004 11:36:21 AM
From: ChinuSFO	Respond to of 81568

If you analyze this portion of the interview very carefully one cannot but see the brilliance of Kerry, something that a US President needs to have. The US President cannot see the world as "Either it is white or it is black." The President cannot see the world as "Either you are with us or you are against us." It needs some brilliance to respond so as to allow some flexibility to meet the needs of a changing situation. And that is how I view Kerry's response. Or else like Bush you have to eat crow and go back to the very body you said you not want to deal with: the UN. I noticed how the initial question was "..more than 100,000 US troops" And it ended up being maybe more troops in Iraq but he also said that he has the door open and will open many other doors to ensure that other nations pay their fair share for rebuilding Iraq. He has also said that he is confident if he allows contractors from those countries in then those nations will have a vested interest to send troops, money etc. And that is the key. This is not something of a rocket science, is it? Notice that in Fallujah it was the killing of 4 US contractors. I am not condoning the act of killing. Rather I am looking at those events to advance my understanding of a solution.