How's That?

Kerry, with Tom Brokaw. Insets are mine:

Brokaw: "If you had been President, Saddam Hussein would be in power."

Kerry: "Not necessarily."

Brokaw: "You said you wouldn't go to war against him."

Kerry: "That's not true. Because under the inspection process, Saddam Hussein was required to destroy those kinds of materials and weapons." [Ah. The process said so.]

Brokaw: "But he wasn't destroying them."

Kerry: "That's what you have inspectors for. [Right. Because the inspectors got Hussein to sit up and pay attention to the UN]
That's why I voted for the threat of force, because he only does things when you have a legitimate threat of force. [Right. You'll recall how well the "threat" of force worked in 1991 - back when Kerry voted against it, incidentally. You'll recall how well 12 years of subsequent "threats" of force helped the Kurds, the Shi'a, the Marsh Arabs...]
It's irresponsible to suggest that if I were President, he wouldn't be gone. He might be gone, because if he hadn't complied, we might have had to go to war,[But wouldn't that have been "taking our eye off Bin Laden"? ]
but if we did, we would have gone with allies, [You mean, the French and Germans? The "allies" who said they wouldn't help you out even now? Those "Allies?"]
so the American people weren't carrying the entire burden. And the entire world would understand why we did it."

So let me get this straight: Kerry "might" have gone into Iraq because Hussein was...flouting the sanctions?

Er - that was one of the four justifications the President gave.

So, if I'm counting correctly, Senator Kerry:

• Opposed deposing Hussein, before he
• Favored removing Hussein (Desert Fox), before he
• opposed invading Afghanistan, before he
• Supported invading Afghanistan, before he
• voted for invading Iraq, before he
• voted against funding the invasion of Iraq, before he
• said it was the wrong war, place and time, before
• the remark above, where he said it was the right war, place and time - maybe?

You say you want him to be President?

Because I damn sure wouldn't hire him as an investment advisor...

Posted by Mitch at October 29, 2004 02:49 PM | TrackBack