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Kerry calls U.S. soldiers terrorists
The following is a brief transcript from Sunday's television show Face The
Nation, with Senator John Kerry being interviewed Bob Schieffer [courtesy
RushLimbaugh ]:
Schieffer: "Democrat Senator Joe Lieberman of Connecticut, he takes a very
different view, Senator Kerry. He says basically that we should stay the
course, because he says real progress is being made. He says, 'This is a war
between 27 million Iraqis who want freedom and 10,000 terrorists.' He says
we're in a watershed transformation. What about that?"
Kerry: I don't agree with that. But I think what we need to do is recognize
what we all agree on, which is, you've got to begin to set benchmarks for
accomplishment; you've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis, and
there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into
the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you
know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the -- of -- of -- of --
historical customs, religious customs, whether you like it or not. Iraqis
should be doing that.
Dean says US can't win
Democrat National Chairman Howard Dean's latest verbal antics has drawn the
wrath of Republican National Chairman Ken Mehlman. An Associated Press
article describes the latest Dean skirmish:
Democratic Chairman Howard Dean on Monday likened the war in
Iraq to Vietnam and said, "The idea that the United States is going to win
the war in Iraq is just plain wrong," comments that drew immediate fire from
Republicans.
In an interview with WOAI-AM in San Antonio, Dean criticized
what he called President Bush's "permanent commitment to a failed strategy"
while saying, "We need to be out of there and take the targets off our
troops back." Dean recalled that the strategy to stay the course in Vietnam
cost thousands more lives to be lost.
"I wish the president had paid more attention to the history
of Iraq before we had gotten in there," Dean said. "The idea that we're
going to
win this war
is just plain wrong."
Republican Chairman Ken Mehlman said Dean's "outrageous
prediction sends the wrong message to our troops, the enemy, and the Iraqi
people just 10 days before historic elections."
Liberals’ solutions
Mike McCurry, who was a press secretary to President Clinton, will introduce
a panel discussion Dec. 14 after a special Washington, D.C. screening of
Steven Spielberg's newest film, "Munich."
The panel will address "Lessons of Munich: How Should Free Societies Deal
with Terrorism?" pertaining to the aftermath of the massacre of 11 Israeli
athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
Hosts of the screening are Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Pictures,
Foreign Policy magazine, and Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of
Public and International Affairs.
It will be interesting to see if the Clinton administration’s failure to
take Osama bin Laden from Sudan comes up in the panel's discussion.
$97.5 million to go
Virginia Gov. Mark R. Warner (D) brought together 600 people who donated
$2.5 million to the prospect of Warner being the next president. This means
he only has $97.5 million to be in the league of Hillary Clinton’s ability.
The
Washington Post stated that Warner is attempting to draw in a larger
effort by playing off of his Virginia successes:
"I need your help, your ideas, your energy, your resources," Warner told the
crowd. "Together, we can shake things up. Together, we can find leaders who
see a little farther down the road. This nation can, and must, do better. If
we can do it in Virginia, we can do it in America."
Iowa update
New York Gov. George Pataki made his fourth visit to Iowa. The
Des Moines Register has a story where Pataki warns that America can
never be fully prepared to stop another terrorist attack:
"We have to do more. And I don't think there's any politician in America who
could say with absolute honesty that there's no risk, that we're not going
to be attacked again," Pataki said after visiting the Red Cross of Central
Iowa headquarters in Des Moines.
Mass. Governor Mitt Romney will be in Ames for a fund-raising event
for Rep. Tom Latham on Saturday.
Plame leaving
Valerie Plame, the CIA employee whose identity disclosure led to the
indictment of top White House official Scooter Libby, is leaving the CIA,
the Los Angeles Times reports.
Plame arranged for her husband, Joe Wilson, to go on a CIA-sponsored trip to
Africa to check out suspicions that Saddam Hussein tried to buy yellowcake
from Niger. Wilson later falsely stated that he had been sent by the vice
president's office.
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