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Kerry echoes Dean talking point on Israel/Lebanon conflict: This wouldn’t have happened had he been president
These guys just never cease to amaze me. Via the Detroit News (emphasis added):
U.S. Sen. John Kerry, D- Mass., who was in town Sunday to help Gov. Jennifer Granholm campaign for her re-election bid, took time to take a jab at the Bush administration for its lack of leadership in the Israeli-Lebanon conflict.
“If I was president, this wouldn’t have happened,” said Kerry during a noon stop at Honest John’s bar and grill in Detroit’s Cass Corridor.
Bush has been so concentrated on the war in Iraq that other Middle East tension arose as a result, he said.
“The president has been so absent on diplomacy when it comes to issues affecting the Middle East,” Kerry said. “We’re going to have a lot of ground to make up (in 2008) because of it.”
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Hezbollah guerillas should have been targeted with other terrorist organizations, such as al-Qaida and the Taliban, which operate in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kerry said. However, Bush, has focused military strength on Iraq.
“This is about American security and Bush has failed. He has made it so much worse because of his lack of reality in going into Iraq.…We have to destroy Hezbollah,” he said.
Tough talk from a guy who didn’t sound so tough in 2004. John Hawkins writes in response:
So, the Israeli attack on Hezbollah wouldn’t have happened if Kerry were President? Does that mean he would have stopped Hezbollah from kidnapping those Israeli soldiers and firing those rockets or that he would have prevented Israel from responding?
Maybe he means that the United States should have destroyed Hezbollah instead of the Israelis? So, is he saying that he thinks we should have declared war on Lebanon and sent in American troops? From our point of view, isn’t it better to have the Israelis fighting Hezbollah than us?
Whatever the case may be, I certainly don’t remember Kerry promising to go to war against Hezbollah or their backers in Iran and Syria when he was running for office in 2004. Do you? So, perhaps he was thinking of something else. Maybe he would have made Hezbollah face a fearsome “global test” and they would have crumbled after getting a harshly worded letter signed both by Kofi Annan AND the French! That could be the solution he was considering.
Nail, meet hammer.
Essentially what Kerry is saying is that we should have invaded Lebanon. If anyone believes he would have actually carried through with it, I’ve got beachfront in South Dakota to sell you. How ironic that he was speaking at a bar and grilled named “Honest John’s” when he made these statements. I don’t think he was being very honest. This is mere tough talk and nothing more, and if you read between the lines, you’ll see he was echoing a talking point issued by Howard Dean a week ago on this very subject:
“If you think what’s going on in the Middle East today would be going on if the Democrats were in control, it wouldn’t, because we would have worked day after day after day to make sure we didn’t get where we are today. We would have had the moral authority that Bill Clinton had when he brought together the Northern Irish and the IRA, when he brought together the Israelis and the Palestinians.”
LOL yes – that’s the modern day Democratic solution: attempting diplomacy with terrorist groups like Hezbollah, without alerting them to the consequences of their failure to hold up their end to whatever ‘deal’ a Democratic administration would strike with them.
Here’s the latest on the Israel/Hezbollah conflict.
Read more via Wizbang, Right Wing Nuthouse, Blogs For Bush, Texas Rainmaker, Don Surber, RightWinged.com, Below the Beltway, Pundit Guy
Prior:
- Showing gratitude to our troops for helping evacuate US citizens in Lebanon
- Question of the day
- Bush makes crystal clear where he stands on the issue of Israel versus Hezbollah
- It’s a bird, it’s a plane – it’s SuperDem!
- Larry “small wonder Rove’s mother killed herself” Johnson doesn’t think Hezbollah is a terrorist organization
- More on the Israel/Lebanon conflict
- The latest developments in the Israel vs. Lebanon conflict
- Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers, kills at least seven other Israelis – Israel says it’s an act of war
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Kerry’s right, this wouldn’t be happening if he was president, whatever would be happening in that case would undoubtedly be far far worse. Nothing like a weak willed, whiney, cowardly leader to encourage even worse outbreaks of destruction and instability. Now just imagine how much better things would be if Kerry and his fellow Democrats had shown solidarity with Bush on his foreign policy and the war rather than trying to gain partisan advantage by constantly undermining and complaining and giving aid and comfort to the enemy.
Good points, as always, Sev.
“We’re going to have a lot of ground to make up (in 2008) because of it.”
But if he’s still running backwards, just how damn far can he retreat in TWO MORE YEARS!!! He ought to take the Cynthidiots on the road for at least the next eighteen months. He’ll still have time to join up with the class at Kennedy’s liver exchange and prepare three months worth of speeches for Howeird with time to spare.
Can anyone explain why the left, especially Democrats hate Israel? Many of them are supposedly Jewish.
Have you ever seen a greater example of group think partisanship than what has become of the modern Democratic Party?? Good Lord I think we have found the real reason behind global warming. These people are so full of hot air and their own self importance. They say such stupid things. Was John going to find a phone booth and rip his shirt off so that he could fly over to Lebanon and return those kidnapped soldiers??? (Sorry Superman) What the hell could he have done to stop this. Maybe threatened them with Howard Dean. If Hezbolah doesn’t cease and desist we will force Howard Dean to take a month long job with Lebanon TV. 24/7 Stupid talking points just for the people of Lebanon. Hezbolah would of surrendered immediately, or turned their guns on themselves after the 1st 24 hours, I know I would.
Tell us Dems, Just how would you solve this situation?? Get us into another war?? How can you say on one hand war is bad, but it is the solution to this situation, when it doesn’t even concern us???? At least with Iraq we had on going tension and a ceasefire agreement broken by Saddamn. But in Lebanon, do we have proof they were going to do us harm?? Talk about double speak. I pray to God Almighty everyday that Dems continue to lose ground. As long as these idiots are what passes for leadership let us all hope they lose in 06, and 08. – Lorica
Sev and Lorica, excellants blogs as usual.
John, flicka faced kerry, howie, scream till ya bust an artery, dean, ted, swimmer, kennedy, what in the hell are these guys solutions. Thats just it — there is no demoncrat solutions or answers.
flicka faced proved all he is good for is throwing medals, he didn’t deserve them, and accusing our brave Vet soldiers of killing women and babies but the Swift Boat dudes cut into flicka like a knife.
All morning they have been on msnbc, cnn and Fox bashing Bush and Condi, who by the way got a kiss on each cheek by the Lebonese PM. They wanta see Condi take a walk up the hill and have a little sit down with the head of Hez.
WHY DON’T THESE IDIOTS REALIZE YOU CAN’T NEGOCIATE WITH FOOLS THAT WANT TO DRIVE ISREAL TO THE SEA AND DROWN EM ALL AND WANT TO KILL AMERICANS.
I JUST DON’T GET IT BUT IF THEY KEEP UP THESE TALKING POINTS HOW COULD POSSSIBLY WIN BACK THE HOUSE/SENATE.
HOW MANY LOONS ARE THERE OUT THERE.
John, flicka faced kerry, howie, scream till ya bust an artery, dean, ted, swimmer, kennedy,
PCD says Can anyone explain why the left, especially Democrats hate Israel? Many of them are supposedly Jewish.
I have heard on Dennis Prager’s Talk Radio it is because there are a lot of loathsome self hating Jews. He said that there is some of that in Israel that are that way too and Dennis Prager is a Jew himself.
John, flicka faced kerry, howie, scream till ya bust an artery, dean, ted, swimmer, kennedy.
Poor Flicka, She was a good horse. Ohhhh Look, a new movie is coming out about Flicka.
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I wonder if John Kerry is going to play as a stunt double or something. Since Flicka is a female, maybe she will fall in love with that stallion we know as John Kerry. How many sequals can we make from this movie???
I really shouldn’t lambast this movie so badly. I wouldn’t mind seeing it. Tim McGraw is playing in it. It might be pretty cool. I just have no patience for the stupidity that floods out of the mouths of Dem leadership. – Lorica
What’s the matter with you people?!! It was all part of Kerry’s plan!!! You know, the plan! C’mon, you remember, don’t you? The PLAN!!!! (What was that plan?)
Hey guys, I’m glad you are enjoying my nicknames for all the dems — I have one for almost all of em since I watch em in action on c-left biased media, span.
Here are some more for your reading pleasure:
John, i used to be a half assed Marine, Murtha,
Harry, tiny tim’s nephew, Reid, Hillery, thats ok, I’m a lesbian so I don’t give a shit who bill bonks,
Clinton, Nancy, bulging eyes, Pelosi, Cynthia, i just love cindy sheenut and chickin, Mckinney, I could put a name to all these losers as I sream at c-left biased media, on a daily basis — no wonder I have irratable bowel, just kidding guys.
- I didn’t think it was possible, but Lurch has finally become a parody of himself. Him and Kucinich may be two of the brain dead Leftists not returning to the Congress next fall. We can only hope. In the mean time the world is still waiting for that form 180.
- Bang
But Mr. Big Bang, Flicka told Timmie, big head, Russert on Meet the Depressed that he had released all his records — yeah right and I’m a 21 year old virgin again.
This just in boys and girls — an air america head idiot was just on with Tucker Carlson left leaning msnbc and tried in vain to explain how Flicka would have handled this if he were President. Tucker took him out bigger than IDF’s blasting hezzie asses, He told air america head guy, so Flicka would just try and keep on talking while missels were flying over Isreal and the idiot tried his best to talk over Tucker but no way — I like Tucker but I do always agree with his stand on Iraq and why the hell he would work at msnbc or klintoon news network is pretty pitiful but he did cream air america head.
Next Lou Dobbs on klintoon news network had Byron Dorgan on. mr. comb over of 2006 and they played nice.
GOD, GET ME A ZANAX.
They should’ve held the uh, what’s the word, “news” conference here.
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