Reply #41: Kerry DID NOT SUPPORT THE WAR

[karynnj]

He voted to give the President leverage to get the inspectors back into Iraq after 4 years. He said this in his speech in the Senate. Kerry and others negotiated many changes that had Bush followed what he PUBLICLY said he intended to do should have avoided war. The problem the entire Congress faced was the CIC has the power to go to battle if he determines the US is threatened. (Congress has the power to declare war, but recent history shows few of our wars were declared. Clinton successfully participated in wars without going to Congress, adding to the many earlier precedents.)

Kerry has said that he was wrong to have trusted Bush and he has said his vote was wrong. I have seen Kerry speak about this war many times - if there is one person who voted for the IWR who I believe 100% is being honest on this it is Kerry. The record is there - look at the floor speech and his 2003 comments.

If it was "political", why did he speak AGAINST going to war in Jan 2003 before the invasion. Why was he one of the few strong voices against the invasion at the point it happened - when he called for regime change at home - at a point where the war was favored by over 70% of the country.

What you are saying may have been true for others, but it isn't for Kerry. Your view is a residual effect of both the LW and the RW distorting his position.