Fair Game

John Kerry's remarks from 30 years ago are baaaack.

“I’m an internationalist,” Kerry told The Crimson in 1970. “I’d like to see our troops dispersed through the world only at the directive of the United Nations.”

Kerry said he wanted “to almost eliminate CIA activity. The CIA is fighting its own war in Laos and nobody seems to care.”

Yet another flipflop, the Crimson notes:

As a candidate for president, Kerry has said he supports the autonomy of the U.S. military and has never called for a scale-back of CIA operations.

Former Secretary of Labor Robert B. Reich defended Kerry’s 1970 statements as appropriate for their time.

“In the context of the Vietnam War, those comments are completely understandable,” said Reich, who has endorsed Kerry.

Er, possibly.

But in the "context" of one who would be leader of the free world, it's a very dangrous piece of background - especially given Kerry's obvious willingness to flipflop in what ever direction opportunity pushes him.

Posted by Mitch at February 12, 2004 03:30 AM