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October 20, 2004
Kerry and Tora Bora
Just One Minute has discovered another Kerry flip flop (via kausfiles). It turns out that Kerry was for Bush’s strategy in Tora Bora before he was against it. In the debates Kerry repeatedly said that he would have handled Tora Bora differently than Bush. But at the time he said the president was doing it right.
Kerry on CNN on our strategy in Afghanistan on December 14, 2001: But for the moment, what we are doing, I think, is having its impact and it is the best way to protect our troops and sort of minimalize the proximity, if you will. I think we have been doing this pretty effectively and we should continue to do it that way.
Now that it is politically convenient to criticize the president, Kerry flips by saying that we should not have followed Kerrys advice at the time and should have done it differently. That is what is most disturbing about Kerry and his indecision on major issues. He does not change his mind because he has thought about the issue and thinks it is the right thing to do. He cahges his mind because it is the political convenient thing to do. That is fine if you are a senator. It is deadly if you are the commander in chief.
Posted by Pete at October 20, 2004 04:43 PM
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