John Kerry, junior senator from Massachusetts, has been in the public eye a great deal of late, possibly prepping himself for a run at the Democrat presidential nomination in 2008. Unsurprisingly, he has been sharply critical of the Bush administration on every issue from Iraq (his "timetable for victory" demand) to North Korea. However, as NewsMax points out in an article today, he has been all but silent on the Iran situation, allowing Senator Clinton, his possible opponent for the '08 nomination, to have the stage almost to herself.
The reason for this is interesting, and goes back to his run for president in 2004 against George W. Bush. In the first debate, when asked by moderator Jim Lehrer whether he believed "that diplomacy and sanctions can resolve the nuclear problems with North Korea and Iran," to which Kerry responded: "I think the United States should have offered the opportunity to provide the nuclear fuel. Test them. See whether or not they were actually looking for it for peaceful purposes. If they weren't willing to work a deal, then we could have put sanctions together."
As NewsMax points out, "with Iranian President Mahmoud Amhadinejad now threatening to "wipe Israel off the map" as he presses ahead with his country's nuclear program, it's clear Kerry's nuke fuel "test" would have been a staggering blunder. No wonder he's stopped giving advice on how to handle the Iranian nuclear crisis."
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/22/142237.shtml?s=ic
1 comment:
I never stop being amazed at the arrogance of him and others who think that nobody has the brains or the right to question their comments--especially when they are on the record in a recoverable format as saying the exact opposite before.
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