Comments on: Bob Kerrey: Wrong Before Going Into Iraq And Still Wrong Today http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/ Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:12:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dick http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3830645 Dick Wed, 30 May 2007 23:58:27 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3830645 Section9 is hilarious...dumb, misguided, deluded, but hilarious. The Administration, at the very LEAST, allowed 9/11 to happen, not that it had anything to do with Iraq, and probably not even OBL. They needed an excuse for a war of aggression, and they got it. Every life lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, be it American or Iraqi or Afghani, is wasted. The US was wrong, not to mention criminal, to invade either Iraq or Afghanistan. We are getting our comeuppance for 70 years of interfering with the legitimate aspirations of the people of Southwest Asia, starting with carving up the area after WWI. Then we brought down the legitimate government of Iran in 1953, and installed the Shah. You remember the Shah, another torturing, murdering SOB, like Saddam. Yes, he was our SOB. And we've been supporting repressive governments in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and other nations for decades. The people in these countries have massive legitimate gripes against us, and yet it is we who act as though we are the ones put upon, the poor innocents. It would be laughable, if it wasn't so murderously destructive. Get over yourself, Section9 and Bob Kerrey! We have no business there, and the sooner we leave (I don't care what you call it, surrender, retreat, whatever) the better off this world will actually be. Then we can get on with the business of impeaching the lying murderers in Washington, who are, by the way, the only "fuehrer" running around loose in the world presently. Then, just maybe, we can get our heads out of our behinds and off the TV screen and try to reclaim our democracy! Section9 is hilarious…dumb, misguided, deluded, but hilarious. The Administration, at the very LEAST, allowed 9/11 to happen, not that it had anything to do with Iraq, and probably not even OBL. They needed an excuse for a war of aggression, and they got it. Every life lost in Iraq and Afghanistan, be it American or Iraqi or Afghani, is wasted. The US was wrong, not to mention criminal, to invade either Iraq or Afghanistan. We are getting our comeuppance for 70 years of interfering with the legitimate aspirations of the people of Southwest Asia, starting with carving up the area after WWI. Then we brought down the legitimate government of Iran in 1953, and installed the Shah. You remember the Shah, another torturing, murdering SOB, like Saddam. Yes, he was our SOB. And we’ve been supporting repressive governments in Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, and other nations for decades. The people in these countries have massive legitimate gripes against us, and yet it is we who act as though we are the ones put upon, the poor innocents. It would be laughable, if it wasn’t so murderously destructive. Get over yourself, Section9 and Bob Kerrey! We have no business there, and the sooner we leave (I don’t care what you call it, surrender, retreat, whatever) the better off this world will actually be. Then we can get on with the business of impeaching the lying murderers in Washington, who are, by the way, the only “fuehrer” running around loose in the world presently. Then, just maybe, we can get our heads out of our behinds and off the TV screen and try to reclaim our democracy!

]]> By: Sandra Mack http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3818777 Sandra Mack Wed, 23 May 2007 21:21:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3818777 In other words, since the idiot son has bet the farm, the rest of the family has to keep gambling! Sandra Mack In other words, since the idiot son has bet the farm, the rest of the family has to keep gambling!

Sandra Mack

]]> By: wankerrey http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3817470 wankerrey Wed, 23 May 2007 13:02:31 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3817470 What a know-nothing douchebag Kerrey is. What a know-nothing douchebag Kerrey is.

]]> By: bg http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3817459 bg Wed, 23 May 2007 12:47:06 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3817459 "Whether or not you whiners think the terms are loaded or not is immaterial to the fact that Americans do not want the United States Army and Marine Corps to be seen to lose to Al Qaeda and Iranian Fascists" The polls pretty consistently show that by a margin of about 2-1 Americans want us out of Iraq. Assuming you live here, when you walk around do you think 2 out of every 3 people you see aren't Americans? “Whether or not you whiners think the terms are loaded or not is immaterial to the fact that Americans do not want the United States Army and Marine Corps to be seen to lose to Al Qaeda and Iranian Fascists”
The polls pretty consistently show that by a margin of about 2-1 Americans want us out of Iraq. Assuming you live here, when you walk around do you think 2 out of every 3 people you see aren’t Americans?

]]> By: Quizmos http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3817126 Quizmos Wed, 23 May 2007 03:26:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3817126 In this case, 'Tis better a man sit in silence and be perceived a fool than to open his mouth and remove any doubt. 'Tis only worse he should speak and then attempt to blame his failure on those who encouraged his silence to begin with. A man lost up in such a victim stance is oblivious to himself, can lead no one, and has not a chance at a hopeful outcome, given 20 years or 20 decades. He only hopes to hide his deceit behind the doors of time. Look to this particular one not for wisdom, but rather a dollar on the cheat! Only then do you understand why he speaks to begin with. In this case, ‘Tis better a man sit in silence and be perceived a fool than to open his mouth and remove any doubt. ‘Tis only worse he should speak and then attempt to blame his failure on those who encouraged his silence to begin with. A man lost up in such a victim stance is oblivious to himself, can lead no one, and has not a chance at a hopeful outcome, given 20 years or 20 decades. He only hopes to hide his deceit behind the doors of time. Look to this particular one not for wisdom, but rather a dollar on the cheat! Only then do you understand why he speaks to begin with.

]]> By: grouchomarxist http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816994 grouchomarxist Wed, 23 May 2007 01:37:14 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816994 <i>Who do you want to win, the Democrat party or the United States?</i> DeadEnder You've had four years and half a trillion dollars -- and yet not a one of you can tell us what "win" means, except that it's the opposite of leaving. IOW, you want an endless supply of blank checks for your colonial occupation, plus unlimited do-overs. And yet you have the mega-<i>cojones</i> to accuse anyone who points out this simple fact of playing partisan games. Project much? Evidently, no amount of blood or treasure is too much, no debt too onerous to lay on our children and grandchildren, so long as your precious Party of Personal Responsibility never, ever has to take the rap for stampeding the country into Quagmire 2: Electric Boogaloo. You're not fooling anyone but yourself, you know. The rest of us see you're trying to run out the clock, so your petulant boy-king can toddle away unscathed from the crowning achievement in a lifetime of profiting from the disasters he creates. How else are you going to rehabilitate him as Profound Thinker and Great (but misunderstood) Leader a few years down the road, when the real adults are still struggling to cope with the results of his and your cosmic stupidity? DreamCrusher: Judging from the amount of time and effort you guys are expending lately trying to tear Al Gore down, he must really have your panties in a wad. Believe it or not, though, many people make up their minds using more sophisticated criteria than Al Gore's opinion. Who do you want to win, the Democrat party or the United States?

DeadEnder

You’ve had four years and half a trillion dollars — and yet not a one of you can tell us what “win” means, except that it’s the opposite of leaving.

IOW, you want an endless supply of blank checks for your colonial occupation, plus unlimited do-overs. And yet you have the mega-cojones to accuse anyone who points out this simple fact of playing partisan games.

Project much?

Evidently, no amount of blood or treasure is too much, no debt too onerous to lay on our children and grandchildren, so long as your precious Party of Personal Responsibility never, ever has to take the rap for stampeding the country into Quagmire 2: Electric Boogaloo.

You’re not fooling anyone but yourself, you know. The rest of us see you’re trying to run out the clock, so your petulant boy-king can toddle away unscathed from the crowning achievement in a lifetime of profiting from the disasters he creates. How else are you going to rehabilitate him as Profound Thinker and Great (but misunderstood) Leader a few years down the road, when the real adults are still struggling to cope with the results of his and your cosmic stupidity?

DreamCrusher:

Judging from the amount of time and effort you guys are expending lately trying to tear Al Gore down, he must really have your panties in a wad. Believe it or not, though, many people make up their minds using more sophisticated criteria than Al Gore’s opinion.

]]> By: 3pointshooter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816973 3pointshooter Wed, 23 May 2007 01:29:08 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816973 Oops...try again. Let me understand this: Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East… Now that the US invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East... Alright, I'm clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon. Oops…try again.

Let me understand this:

Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East…

Now that the US invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East…

Alright, I’m clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon.

]]> By: 3pointshooter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816970 3pointshooter Wed, 23 May 2007 01:28:35 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816970 Oops...try again. Let me understand this: Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East… Now that the US invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East... Alright, I'm clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon. S Oops…try again.

Let me understand this:

Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East…

Now that the US invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East…

Alright, I’m clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon.

S

]]> By: 3pointshooter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816963 3pointshooter Wed, 23 May 2007 01:25:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816963 Let me understand this: Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way the US could reduce its military presence in the Middle East... Now that the US has invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East... Alright - I'm clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon. Let me understand this:

Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way the US could reduce its military presence in the Middle East…

Now that the US has invaded Iraq, it cannot leave, and it cannot reduce its military presence in the Middle East…

Alright – I’m clear now. Bob Kerrey is a buffoon.

]]> By: 3pointshooter http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816956 3pointshooter Wed, 23 May 2007 01:23:25 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816956 Let me understand this: Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East... Now that the US invaded Iraq Let me understand this:

Invading Iraq in 2003 was the only way to reduce the US military presence in the Middle East…

Now that the US invaded Iraq

]]> By: section9 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816803 section9 Tue, 22 May 2007 23:55:22 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816803 Look. Kerry is trying to guard the Democrats right flank. Democrats are making the same twenty year bet they made in 1972: it's okay to advocate <em>defeat</em>; it's okay to advocate <em>surrender</em>. Whether or not you whiners think the terms are loaded or not is immaterial to the fact that Americans do not want the United States Army and Marine Corps to be seen to lose to <strong><em>Al Qaeda</em></strong> and <strong><em>Iranian Fascists</em></strong>. You people don't care about this because you are extremists who are too angry at Bush and the Republicans (who you consider to be the Main Enemy, not the Islamic fascists...) to think of the larger National Interest of the United States. Even now, in the Guardian of all places, there is a <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,2085195,00.html" rel="nofollow">report by Simon Tisdall</a>, no neocon stooge he (and an antiwar reporter to his very bones), that the Iranian leadership has directed the Revolutionary Guards Corps to coordinate with Al Qaeda and the Ba'ath to accelerate the bombing campaign this summer to shatter the already broken will of the Democrats to resist. The Ayatollahs and the young Persian Fuhrer are counting on the Democrats to run like scalded dogs from Iraq. It's a very good bet. You Democrats are the weak link. The fascists know this. The jihadists know this. When the American people find this out, you won't be trusted with power for the next twenty years. And you won't deserve to be. Your party has a glass jaw; bin Laden always understood this-his people were keen observers of the American political scene. Most of the heavy bombings in Baghdad right now are conducted for theatrical effect-to get on TV. Your polls look good right now. Nixon's looked bad in 1971, too. But Americans do not vote for defeat, or those who advocate it, and that's what the Democrats are doing. When the Republican Party finds its voice, your party will be in terrible trouble, for the worm always turns. Bob Kerry understands this. You lot refuse to- not because you love your country less, but because you hate George Bush more. Look. Kerry is trying to guard the Democrats right flank. Democrats are making the same twenty year bet they made in 1972: it’s okay to advocate defeat; it’s okay to advocate surrender.

Whether or not you whiners think the terms are loaded or not is immaterial to the fact that Americans do not want the United States Army and Marine Corps to be seen to lose to Al Qaeda and Iranian Fascists. You people don’t care about this because you are extremists who are too angry at Bush and the Republicans (who you consider to be the Main Enemy, not the Islamic fascists…) to think of the larger National Interest of the United States.

Even now, in the Guardian of all places, there is a report by Simon Tisdall, no neocon stooge he (and an antiwar reporter to his very bones), that the Iranian leadership has directed the Revolutionary Guards Corps to coordinate with Al Qaeda and the Ba’ath to accelerate the bombing campaign this summer to shatter the already broken will of the Democrats to resist. The Ayatollahs and the young Persian Fuhrer are counting on the Democrats to run like scalded dogs from Iraq.

It’s a very good bet.

You Democrats are the weak link. The fascists know this. The jihadists know this. When the American people find this out, you won’t be trusted with power for the next twenty years. And you won’t deserve to be. Your party has a glass jaw; bin Laden always understood this-his people were keen observers of the American political scene. Most of the heavy bombings in Baghdad right now are conducted for theatrical effect-to get on TV.

Your polls look good right now. Nixon’s looked bad in 1971, too. But Americans do not vote for defeat, or those who advocate it, and that’s what the Democrats are doing. When the Republican Party finds its voice, your party will be in terrible trouble, for the worm always turns. Bob Kerry understands this. You lot refuse to- not because you love your country less, but because you hate George Bush more.

]]> By: kevon http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816799 kevon Tue, 22 May 2007 23:53:24 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816799 Bob kerrey, is he that jackass that lost the 1992 demo primary to bill clinton, what a looser. Bob kerrey, is he that jackass that lost the 1992 demo primary to bill clinton, what a looser.

]]> By: turbonium http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816686 turbonium Tue, 22 May 2007 23:09:02 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816686 <strong> "American liberals need to face these truths...If we were to stop trying (& failing) to grow mangoes/blueberries/rice/cotton/etc. on them thar' parched alkali flats, we would be handing the Sonoran Desert an important climatological victory!"</strong> “American liberals need to face these truths…If we were to stop trying (& failing) to grow mangoes/blueberries/rice/cotton/etc. on them thar’ parched alkali flats, we would be handing the Sonoran Desert an important climatological victory!”

]]> By: rea http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816674 rea Tue, 22 May 2007 23:04:07 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816674 <blockquote>Kerrey is asking questions the moonbats can’t or don’t want to answer. What are the consequences of surrender?</blockquote> Of course it's debatable whether the loaded term <i>surrender</i> properly characterizes a unilateral withdrawal. Certainly unilatral withdrawal would be a national humilation and a propaganda coup for our enemies. It's a bad result for the United States. Problem is, we've got ourselves in such a fix (thanks to GWB and his allies like Kerrey) that it is the best result reasonably possible under the circumstances. Staying will only make things worse. The war is a bankrupt policy--liquidate it.

Kerrey is asking questions the moonbats can’t or don’t want to answer. What are the consequences of surrender?

Of course it’s debatable whether the loaded term surrender properly characterizes a unilateral withdrawal. Certainly unilatral withdrawal would be a national humilation and a propaganda coup for our enemies. It’s a bad result for the United States.

Problem is, we’ve got ourselves in such a fix (thanks to GWB and his allies like Kerrey) that it is the best result reasonably possible under the circumstances. Staying will only make things worse. The war is a bankrupt policy–liquidate it.

]]> By: Daryl http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816612 Daryl Tue, 22 May 2007 22:33:45 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816612 No surprise here. This is the same guy who told America, "Bill Clinton can't win." No surprise here. This is the same guy who told America, “Bill Clinton can’t win.”

]]> By: ed f http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816394 ed f Tue, 22 May 2007 21:24:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816394 The same Bob kerrey who voted against the Gulf War, but supported this calamity. The man who totally bombed in his presidential bid and lost to a draft dodger. WEll it least he got to sleep with Debra Winger The same Bob kerrey who voted against the Gulf War, but supported this calamity. The man who totally bombed in his presidential bid and lost to a draft dodger. WEll it least he got to sleep with Debra Winger

]]> By: DreamCrusher http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816381 DreamCrusher Tue, 22 May 2007 21:21:28 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816381 Uh oh! Uh oh! Get that thar bus ready, it's time to roll another one underneath! Yeeeeehaw! I'm sure you'll also throw the guy who said this under the bus with Mr. Kerrey: <blockquote>The resolution should also require commitments from the President that action in Iraq will not be permitted to distract from continuing and improving work to reconstruct Afghanistan, an that the United States will commit to <strong>stay the course for the reconstruction of Iraq</strong>.</blockquote> Stay the course. Now where have I heard that before.... Who said this? Why, Think Progress' patron deity: <strong>AL GORE</strong>. More genius words from Al Gore 1.0: <blockquote>Moreover, if we quickly succeed in a war against the weakened and depleted fourth rate military of Iraq and <strong>then quickly abandon that nation</strong> as President Bush has abandoned Afghanistan after quickly defeating a fifth rate military there, <strong>the resulting chaos could easily pose a far greater danger to the United States than we presently face from Saddam</strong>.</blockquote> But, but, but... Al Gore 2.0 says to leave right away! Which one do we believe? Al Gore 1.0 or 2.0? I'm so confused... <blockquote>Nevertheless, Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.</blockquote> What are you saying Al Gore 1.0? We need to remove Saddam Hussein from power?? <blockquote>We also need to look at the relationship between our national goal of regime change in Iraq and our goal of victory in the war against terror. In the case of Iraq, it would be more difficult for the United States to succeed alone, but still possible. </blockquote> Oh sweet merciful jesus! Al Gore 1.0, you are banishéd! Banishéd!!! Whatever Think Progress dupes. Lieberman and Kerrey are the only honest Democrats left. The rest are a bunch of lying demagogues that sent us to war because they wanted to, then lied about if afterwards to get all your precious little votes. Now they're keeping us in Iraq, just like Al Gore 1.0 was talking about, while fooling all you morons to believe the opposite. Ahaahahahaha. You're all fools and you don't even see it! Uh oh! Uh oh! Get that thar bus ready, it’s time to roll another one underneath! Yeeeeehaw! I’m sure you’ll also throw the guy who said this under the bus with Mr. Kerrey:

The resolution should also require commitments from the President that action in Iraq will not be permitted to distract from continuing and improving work to reconstruct Afghanistan, an that the United States will commit to stay the course for the reconstruction of Iraq.

Stay the course. Now where have I heard that before…. Who said this? Why, Think Progress’ patron deity: AL GORE.

More genius words from Al Gore 1.0:

Moreover, if we quickly succeed in a war against the weakened and depleted fourth rate military of Iraq and then quickly abandon that nation as President Bush has abandoned Afghanistan after quickly defeating a fifth rate military there, the resulting chaos could easily pose a far greater danger to the United States than we presently face from Saddam.

But, but, but… Al Gore 2.0 says to leave right away! Which one do we believe? Al Gore 1.0 or 2.0? I’m so confused…

Nevertheless, Iraq does pose a serious threat to the stability of the Persian Gulf and we should organize an international coalition to eliminate his access to weapons of mass destruction. Iraq’s search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to completely deter and we should assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power.

What are you saying Al Gore 1.0? We need to remove Saddam Hussein from power??

We also need to look at the relationship between our national goal of regime change in Iraq and our goal of victory in the war against terror. In the case of Iraq, it would be more difficult for the United States to succeed alone, but still possible.

Oh sweet merciful jesus! Al Gore 1.0, you are banishéd! Banishéd!!!

Whatever Think Progress dupes. Lieberman and Kerrey are the only honest Democrats left. The rest are a bunch of lying demagogues that sent us to war because they wanted to, then lied about if afterwards to get all your precious little votes. Now they’re keeping us in Iraq, just like Al Gore 1.0 was talking about, while fooling all you morons to believe the opposite.

Ahaahahahaha. You’re all fools and you don’t even see it!

]]> By: DeadEnder http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816314 DeadEnder Tue, 22 May 2007 20:51:11 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816314 It takes courage to speak the truth. It also takes courage to hear it without filtering it through your own political prisim. Who do you want to win, the Democrat party or the United States? Choose one. It takes courage to speak the truth. It also takes courage to hear it without filtering it through your own political prisim. Who do you want to win, the Democrat party or the United States? Choose one.

]]> By: Admiral Komack http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816231 Admiral Komack Tue, 22 May 2007 20:19:40 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816231 Today, Bob Kerrey (D-NE), unrepentant over his failed Iraq war predictions, returns to the Wall Street Journal op-ed page to blast “American liberals.” In making his argument that democracy can indeed be imposed by military force (apparently by overlooking the Iraq war), Kerrey writes: "American liberals need to face these truths … [A] unilateral withdrawal from Iraq would hand Osama bin Laden a substantial psychological victory." -Wrong. Osama Bin Laden was handed a substantial psychological victory on September 11, 2001. Today, Bob Kerrey (D-NE), unrepentant over his failed Iraq war predictions, returns to the Wall Street Journal op-ed page to blast “American liberals.” In making his argument that democracy can indeed be imposed by military force (apparently by overlooking the Iraq war), Kerrey writes:

“American liberals need to face these truths … [A] unilateral withdrawal from Iraq would hand Osama bin Laden a substantial psychological victory.”

-Wrong.

Osama Bin Laden was handed a substantial psychological victory on September 11, 2001.

]]> By: Old Dem http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/comment-page-2/#comment-3816226 Old Dem Tue, 22 May 2007 20:17:51 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2007/05/22/bob-kerrey-wrong-iraq/#comment-3816226 Remember this? <i>The jeers, boos and insults flew, as caustic as any that angry New Yorkers have hurled inside Madison Square Garden. The objects of derision yesterday, however, were not the hapless New York Knicks, but Senator John McCain, the keynote speaker at the New School graduation, and his host, Bob Kerrey, the university president. </i> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/nyregion/20mccain.html?ex=1305777600&en=b47c3b86582ece58&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Remember this?

The jeers, boos and insults flew, as caustic as any that angry New Yorkers have hurled inside Madison Square Garden. The objects of derision yesterday, however, were not the hapless New York Knicks, but Senator John McCain, the keynote speaker at the New School graduation, and his host, Bob Kerrey, the university president.

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/20/nyregion/20mccain.html?ex=1305777600&en=b47c3b86582ece58&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

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