Kerry On Iraq

The Republican National Committee lets Kerry explain in his devolving position on the war in Iraq. The Associated Press reports:

Using video clips of Kerry discussing Iraq on various talk shows, the Republican National Committee has put together an 11-minute video that traces how Kerry struggled with the issue of Iraq through 2003 and early 2004 as he competed for - and finally won - the Democratic presidential nomination.

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In the video clips, Kerry gradually shifts from harsh anti-Saddam Hussein rhetoric in 2001 and 2002 to more cautious comments about Iraq in late 2003 and then to anti-war comments by early 2004.

Running twelve minutes the video is too long, but it is devastating. The video clips shows Kerry initially sounding like a superhawk concerning Saddam and finally saying "yea" when asked by Chris Matthews on January 6, 2004 "are you one of the antiwar candidates?"

The video can be seen by clicking the following links:
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Comments

[Adam]

I'm curious, maybe somebody can help me...

When did 'changing your mind' become such a hideous character flaw?

I mean, I for one was all for Iraq, especially when I found out they had weapons of mass destruction and were planning on using them.

Many friends are over there, and I thought it was for a good cause. To protect the US and it's allies from an evil dictator with weapons that could kill thousands or worse!

Then we found out that, no, they couldn't find any weapons of mass destruction. Then I read about the terrorist attacks that are being carried out on our soldiers, that we sent over there, to protect us. They're taking the bullet for America, and it's admirable, but...

Yes, I changed my mind. I was all for Iraq, and based on what the FACTs are, I've decided we shouldn't of gone there. We can say we achieved getting saddam hussien out, and he was a 'bad man', but there's horrible dictators everywhere that we ignore, that we're not ready to go to war to stop them.

You might think it's Kerry being political, and it might be, but perhaps he too is experiencing that 20/20 hindsight and regretting the actions of the nation, on a whole.