In an interview with Bob Schieffer on Face the Nation, Sen. Kerry was asked the following about the war in Iraq:
“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?”To which Kerry responded:
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.
So it seems like Sen. Kerry has a problem with Americans “terrorizing” Iraqis, but not with Iraqis “terrorizing” Iraqis. This doesn’t surprise me much though. Remember back to Vietnam-era Kerry, who testified before Congress on “war crimes” committed by American troops. This most recent comment is just Kerry being Kerry, showing his true colors.
The problem with Sen. Kerry’s argument is that we’re not “terrorizing” Iraqis by barging into their houses. We’re fighting a war. The terrorists have decided to hide among the population, therefore we need to go into where the population lives and weed them out. The only people we are terrorizing are the terrorists. Hopefully the Iraqi people will never have to terrorize the terrorists on their own. Hopefully we will leave them with a peaceful country where the terrorists realize their tactics don’t work, and the Iraqi defense is strong enough to keep terrorists out.
That’s my “benchmark for accomplishment” Sen. Kerry. Unlike you, I want to accomplish something more than just troop withdrawal.
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