Doug Ross @ Journal

The Voice of John Kerry

I can hear it. The voice of John Kerry... it's from the past. Shhh.... listen, can you hear it?

John Kerry on the Cold War in 1984, "The Reagan Administration has no rational plan for our military. Instead, it acts on misinformed assumptions about the strength of the Soviet military and a presumed 'window of vulnerability' which we now know not to exist." 1

John Kerry on the Cold War in 1984, “We are continuing a defense buildup that is consuming our resources with weapons systems that we don't need and can't use.” 2

John Kerry opposing the prevention of a communist takeover of Central America, “We believe this is a wonderful opening for a peaceful settlement…” regarding the Communist Sandanistas. 3

John Kerry on Reagan’s anti-communist, pro-democracy policy in Nicaragua, “Barbaric”.

John Kerry objecting to the US raid on Libya, after Gadhafi’s agents murdered American servicemen, “our response was not proportional to the disco bombing and even violated the Administration's own guidelines to hit clearly defined terrorist targets…", Kerry also said it was "repugnant". 4

John Kerry on intelligence in 1997, during the midst of bin Laden’s rise, “Now that [the Cold War] is over, why is it that our vast intelligence apparatus continues to grow…?” 5

John Kerry claiming that war on terror is a law enforcement problem, “[The War on Terror] will involve the military now and then, but will primarily be an intelligence gathering, law enforcement operation.” 6

John Kerry’s record on military and intelligence, “[Kerry] voted against the first Gulf War in 1991... He offered an amendment to cut $1 1/2 billion from our intelligence funds at a time we were engaged in … serious intelligence work relative to the war against terror, a $300 million cut the year before the USS Cole was attacked, a $300 million cut the year before the embassies in East Africa were attacked, a $300 million cut the year before the Khobar Towers were attacked by the terrorists, two years after the first attack on the World Trade Center...” 7

John Kerry’s record on the military, “[Kerry] voted to cancel or cut funding for the B-2 Stealth Bomber, the B-1B, the F-15, the F-16, the M1 Abrams, the Patriot Missile, the AH-64 Apache Helicopter, the Tomahawk Cruise Missile, and the Aegis Air-Defense Cruiser…” 8

So far, Kerry’s record is perfect. He’s been dead wrong about everything of substance. And now, magically, he’s been transformed into a hawkish and tough, fiscal/military conservative. Right. Or has been transformed only for his political benefit?

Who is John Kerry? Do you know? Is not knowing a risk that you, your children and your children's children are willing to take in this, the age of nuclear terror?

1 Accuracy in Media, AIM Report: Kerry Subverted Reagan's Pro-Freedom Policies, http://www.aim.org/aim_report/1786_0_4_0_C/
2 ibid
3 Accuracy in Media, Kerry and the Communists, http://www.aim.org/media_monitor_print/1390_0_2_0/
4 Newsmax, Phony Praise for Reagan, http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/6/7/114943.shtml
5 IntellectualConservative.com, Unmasking John Kerry, http://www.intellectualconservative.com/article3146.html
6 ibid
7 CBS, “Face The Nation,” 2/22/04, Ed Gillespie interview
The Boston Globe, “Taking One Prize, Then A Bigger One,” 6/19/03
8 - Sen. Kerry Voted Against B-1 Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against B-2 Stealth Bomber. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-14. (H. R. 5803, CQ Vote #319: Adopted 80-17: R 37-6; D 43-11, 10/26/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-15. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against F-16. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against AV-8B Harrier Vertical Takeoff And Landing Jet Fighters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against AH-64 Apache Helicopters. (H.R. 2126, CQ Vote #579: Adopted 59-39: R 48-5; D 11-34, 11/16/95, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against Patriot Missiles. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against Aegis Air Defense Cruiser. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against Trident Missile System For U.S. Submarines. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against M-1 Abrams Tanks. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against Bradley Fighting Vehicle. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)
- Sen. Kerry Voted Against Tomahawk Cruise Missile. (S. 3189, CQ Vote #273: Passed 79-16: R 37-5; D 42-11, 10/15/90, Kerry Voted Nay)