John Kerry Slams His Own Country At Davos

[Sarge]

Why do communist, socialists, democrats wait until they are overseas to express their true feelings?


http://news.bostonherald.com/politic...ticleid=179558




DAVOS, Switzerland - Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry slammed the foreign policy of the Bush administration yesterday, saying it has caused the United States to become “a sort of international pariah.”

The statement came as Kerry responded to a question about whether the U.S. government had failed to adequately engage Iran’s government before the election of hard-liner Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2005.

Kerry said the Bush administration has failed to adequately address a number of foreign policy issues.

“When we walk away from global warming, Kyoto, when we are irresponsibly slow in moving toward AIDS in Africa, when we don’t advance and live up to our own rhetoric and standards, we send a terrible message of duplicity and hypocrisy,” Kerry said.

“So we have a crisis of confidence in the Middle East - in the world, really. I’ve never seen our country as isolated, as much as a sort of international pariah for a number of reasons as it is today.”

Kerry said the government needs to use diplomacy to improve national security.

“We need to do a better job of protecting our interests, because after all, that’s what diplomacy is about,” he said. “But you have to do it in a context of the reality, not your lens but the reality of those other cultures and histories.”

Kerry criticized what he called the “unfortunate habit” of Americans to see the world “exclusively through an American lens.”

[Major Harris]

has john kerry never criticized bush's foreign policy while in the u.s.?

[Chump Bailey]

Kerry's clueless...



I'm nervous about John Edwards aka breck girl - anyone that preoccupied with their hair and still using a blow dryer at that age is a bit unsettling


to me anyways...

[Bounce]

So, exactly what part of what he said is incorrect?

[Mass_SkinsFan]

So, exactly what part of what he said is incorrect?

How about his implication that the policies of the United States in this case are WRONG? That would probably be a good place to start with what was incorrect about his comments.

[headexplode]

How about his implication that the policies of the United States in this case are WRONG? That would probably be a good place to start with what was incorrect about his comments.

I know, right, because things have been going so well the last six years. Personally, I think for the good of the nation Bush should be president at least another eight to twelve years, until Jeb's ready to take over. In the meantime, we can continue the transition from democracy to full-blown oligarchical theocracy.

[Sarge]

Kerry's a rock star in Iran. Maybe for his next trick he'll go sit on an anti-aircraft gun outside Tehran

[Mass_SkinsFan]

I know, right, because things have been going so well the last six years. Personally, I think for the good of the nation Bush should be president at least another eight to twelve years, until Jeb's ready to take over. In the meantime, we can continue the transition from democracy to full-blown oligarchical theocracy.

I now understand where your name comes from. Just reading those three sentences made my head want to explode.

If you were to go back and re-read my post, you would see the words "in this case" inserted in the first sentence. That would generally tell people that the subject of the sentence is the specific topic referenced by Mr. Kerry, and not the entire list of Bush Administration policies. There are many things I disagree with the POTUS on, but the need to remove Saddam Hussein is not one of them. The President and I may dissagree on the way it was done, but that's another topic. Additionally, most people here have read enough of my posts to know that I have no respect for foreigners, so the USA losing their respect is a GOOD thing in my mind.

[Zuck]

How about his implication that the policies of the United States in this case are WRONG? That would probably be a good place to start with what was incorrect about his comments.

They are "WRONG", and it's not the policies of the United States it's the policies of a corrupt and incompetant white house.

[Larry]

Granted, you'd think I'd know by now the high regard Sarge has for truth over spin, but:

Title of the article:

Kerry: U.S. is world ‘pariah’

What the article says:

Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry slammed the foreign policy of the Bush administration yesterday, . . .

Sarge's claim:

John Kerry Slams His Own Country

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Why do communist, socialists, democrats wait until they are overseas to express their true feelings?

For the same reason brain-dead, Nazi, republicans think that sound bites and name calling are patriotic?

[Sarge]

Granted, you'd think I'd know by now the high regard Sarge has for truth over spin, but:

Title of the article:



What the article says:



Sarge's claim:



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For the same reason brain-dead, Nazi, republicans think that sound bites and name calling are patriotic?

You'll note the source is the Boston Herald. And I'd rather be brain dead than a traitor.

MAybe Carter and Kerry can get together and form a "think" tank

[rincewind]

You'll note the source is the Boston Herald. And I'd rather be brain dead than a traitor.

MAybe Carter and Kerry can get together and form a "think" tank

Expressing displeasure with the administration of a president of the opposite political party makes you a traitor? So, you were a traitor from 1992-2000?

[oriolesfan93p]

Expressing displeasure with the administration of a president of the opposite political party makes you a traitor? So, you were a traitor from 1992-2000?

Its less about what he said and more about where he said it.

Kerry is known to speak to the crowd he is in front of no matter what he actually thinks, this is evidenced by his 2004 campaign where he would speak on one side of an issue in front of one crowd and 2 days later speak on the opposite side of the issue when speaking to a different crowd.

This isn't suprising from Kerry, and however wrong his comments were to make while over there, I don't think anyone would blink an eye if he was over here when he said that....

Democrats think that they have already won the 08 election and therefore are trying to regain some favor in the international comunity. The bad side about how they are doing it is that if they lose they will have done more damage to our country's relations across the world than they think.

[rincewind]

Its less about what he said and more about where he said it.

Kerry is known to speak to the crowd he is in front of no matter what he actually thinks, this is evidenced by his 2004 campaign where he would speak on one side of an issue in front of one crowd and 2 days later speak on the opposite side of the issue when speaking to a different crowd.

This isn't suprising from Kerry, and however wrong his comments were to make while over there, I don't think anyone would blink an eye if he was over here when he said that....

I mostly agree - I just don't think he should be labeled a traitor for saying some of this stuff.

Democrats think that they have already won the 08 election and therefore are trying to regain some favor in the international comunity. The bad side about how they are doing it is that if they lose they will have done more damage to our country's relations across the world than they think.

You really think they can make our world image worse?!?!? There is a reason that a lot of Americans have to say they are Canadian when they travel abroad - and for the most part it is not the Democratic parties fault.

[Sarge]

Expressing displeasure with the administration of a president of the opposite political party makes you a traitor? So, you were a traitor from 1992-2000?

When you say it outside of the country, and in front of someone who is a current enemy, you are a traitor.

I'll wait with baited breath for him to go on the campaign trail of some Dem and say the same thing