Kerry's 11 Positions on the War in Iraq

(Why the heck not, everyone else here has been doing this stuff.)

1. October 2002: Kerry Voted For Use Of Force Resolution Against Iraq.

2. April 2003: Kerry Promised Not To Attack President When War Began, But Weeks Later, With Troops Just Miles From Baghdad, Kerry Broke His Pledge And Called For "Regime Change In The United States."

3. May 2003: In First Dem Debate, Kerry Strongly Supported President’s Action In Iraq.

4. September 2003: Kerry Said Voting Against The $87 Billion Supplemental Would Be "Irresponsible."

5. October 2003: Kerry Voted Against The $87 Billion Supplemental Supporting Our Troops.

6. January 2004: After Voting For War And Trailing Candidate Howard Dean In The Democrat Primaries, Kerry Says He Is Anti-War Candidate.

7. August 2004: In Response To President’s Question About How He Would Have Voted If He Knew Then What He Knows Now, Kerry Confirmed That He Would Still Have Voted For Use Of Force Resolution.

8. September 2004: Kerry: Iraq Is "The Wrong War In The Wrong Place At The Wrong Time."

9. September 2004: Kerry Says There Were No Circumstances Under Which We Should Have Gone To War, But He Was Still Right To Vote For It.

10. Kerry Said That The Removal Of Saddam Hussein Has Left America "Less Secure."

11. Kerry On Whether The Iraq War Was Worth It: "It Depends On The Outcome."

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The Communist Party has decided not to run a candidate, but to throw their support behind Kerry. They are getting in line to receive their share of the United States that Kerry plans to give away.

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Haha, this is the BEST thread! There are more Republicans here than I thought =) Keep fighting the Good Fight everyone! =P

I think it's cute on the Communist site that they have the two "R"'s in Kerry backwards on the Communist shield.

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I want to ask a question in all honesty. Kerry was trying to trash Bush in the first debate and he said something about "They had to close down the subway system in NYC during RNC for security reasons." I live in NYC and I don't remember it being shut down. Can anyone tell me what that was about?

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I figures that the liberals would cry about the subway during the RNC.

Anyone who has any sense knows that if the President is in town, there's going to be disruption of traffic, etc.

of course the Communists are still around.

They had their convention in Boston in August.

"A conservative government is an organized hypocrisy." Benjamin Disraeli

"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight, and too fat to run." Elbert Hubbard

"A conservative is a man who sits and thinks. Mostly sits." Woodrow Wilson

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StickToPriest...
"A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight"



HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU SERVED?!?!?!

Priest doll, throttle it back.

Before you call Vietnam and Iraq a mistake - and spit on the graves of those who fought and bravely made the ultimate sacrifice for their country, I would like to do a little exercise with you:

*close your eyes* (figuratively)
You are a baker in Baghdad 6 years ago. One of Saddam's servants shuffled into your store to buy some of your product. You sold him the bread. A day later your wife and kids are pulled from their beds, and hung by their wrists. Your sons testicles are sliced off slowly, and your wife is gang-raped. They are then beaten, burned alive, and thrown in a mass grave. Why? Because your bread was stale. Now you are an angry and bitter man. You have nothing to live for, so you turn your resentment to one of the only groups that will take you in. All they ask is that you strap this backpack to your chest, and ride a bus in Israel. Then all of your suffering will be over, and you have a chance to see your wife and son... in paradise.

It's a mistake to allow this type of slaughter to take place boldly in the face of the world. There was proven genocide and major human rights violation.

Once upon a time there was another crazy dictator who had no problem killing his countrymen. His name was Hitler. Was standing up to Hitler a mistake? Perhaps you would have said so, if you had been alive back then. War isn't easy, but it is often necessary to preserve humanity in the long run.

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Keaton, well said.

Priest, do you plan on serving? If not, why not? (not attacking, just asking)

I have seen that site, and the "douchebag" one too. It is very true that people shouldn't vote for someone just because they like the person. They should vote for someone who aligns with the majority of their beliefs. (I'd like to stress "majority".) I just hope that the people that produce these sites believe in the issues, and not because of like or dislike of the individuals involved.

It's easy to fall into the trap. I don't dislike Kerry. I "sort of" like Bush. I just think that a second Bush term would net in larger gains for our country in the long run.

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It kills me that people still think that to disagree with the cause of a war is to "spit on the graves" of those who fight in it. Remember, our country was founded on the idea that if you are not happy with the way your government is being run, you are free to overturn it. This applies here. If the people disagree with a war, considering the fact that the PEOPLE are the ones who have to fight the war, then OF COURSE we have the right to stand up and say that we feel it is wrong, that we feel that it is a mistake. That is what democracy is (supposed to be) all about.

And like FindingNamo said, how the hell can you have the nerve to be so critical of Kerry's service in Veitnam, when your dim-witted leader couldn't be bothered to "bravely make the ultimate sacrifice" for his country, because he was too busy getting drunk and running cars off the road-? One of the things that I cannot get over about that man is his hypocricy. He is the "war President" who was too much of a p*ssy to actually fight in the war, not because he felt like it was wrong, oh no, just because he had an obligation at the time, to be a stupid frat boy. So... let's see, he will send his countrymen off to war, and call himself a "war President", but not take the action himself to actually fight... hmmm... well, if a liberal is a man who "just talks", then maybe Bush shouldn't get to claim to be the "conservative candidate" afterall.

Updated On: 10/5/04 at 01:05 PM