Finally, John Kerry! Something I liked hearing from you!
I finally heard something come out of John Kerry's lips that I wholeheartedly agree with:
"I will wage this war relentlessly with a single-minded determination: to capture or kill the terrorists, crush their movement and free the world from fear. To destroy our enemy, we have to know our enemy. We have to understand that we are facing a radical fundamentalist movement with global reach and a very specific plan. They are not just out to kill us for the sake of killing us. They want to provoke a conflict that will radicalize the people of the Muslim world, turning them against the United States and the West. And they hope to transform that anger into a force that will topple the region's governments and pave the way for a new empire, an oppressive, fundamentalist superstate stretching across a vast area from Europe to Africa, from the Middle East to Central Asia.
"...First, I will build a stronger, smarter military and intelligence capability to capture or kill our enemies.
"As president, I will expand our Army by 40,000 troops so that we have more soldiers to find and fight the enemy. I will double our Army Special Forces capacity. And we will accelerate the development and deployment of new technologies to track down and bring down terrorists.
"I will strengthen our intelligence system to detect and stop the terrorists before they can strike. By the morning of September 12th, everyone in America knew that our intelligence wasn't as good as it needed to be. But three years later, believe it or not, we read that the CIA unit charged with finding bin Laden has fewer experienced case officers today than it had before 9/11.
"...I will seek a verifiable global ban on the production of materials for nuclear weapons.
Nowhere is the nuclear danger more urgent than in Iran and North Korea.
This week, Iran announced its intention to process enough raw uranium to create five nuclear weapons.
I will make it clear to Iran that we will lead an international effort to impose tough sanctions if they do not permanently suspend their uranium enrichment program and provide verifiable assurances that they are not developing nuclear weapons.
Yesterday, there were reports that North Korea are preparing to fire an intermediate-range ballistic missile that may be able to carry a nuclear warhead. I will work with our allies to get the six party talks with North Korea back on track -- and I will talk directly with the North Koreans -- to get a verifiable agreement that will eliminate their nuclear weapons program completely and irreversibly. We have to get serious about diplomacy with North Korea now. Only then will we have the support of our allies for action if diplomacy fails. "
I honestly liked what I heard from Kerry, however, I have serious doubts that he will really follow through with what he said. We are ALREADY intensively working with North Korea diplomatically, but we are having a hard time with their stubborness. After all, they lied to Clinton all these years when they had an agreement with us that they would NOT build nukes. IT was not Bush who caused them to build nukes in the first place. With Iran, the Europeans are pulling out all the diplomatic stops in attempts to get Iran to stop their nuke program, but it is not working.
Iran is centrifuging uranium hexafluoride gas as I type this. The IAEA had a resolution a few days commanding Iran to cease all nuclear activities, and in response to that, Iran started up their centrifuges to enrich uranium into weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs. source Certainly, Bush had nothing to do with this.
This January, whoever is our President has a lot on his hands with Iran, North Korea, and the whole Middle East. Israel is gonna do something to Iran with their 500 new bunker busters and 103 newly-shipped F-15 and F-16's or themselves face extinction.
Iran just had a military parade in which their missiles had banners draped around them, saying things like "Israel must be wiped off the map," "We will crush America under our feet." source. I honestly do not want to go to war with Iran or North Korea. I know that we will be seriously bloodied, however victorious we will be. So far, we are trying the diplomatic route and I pray to God that it will work.
"I will wage this war relentlessly with a single-minded determination: to capture or kill the terrorists, crush their movement and free the world from fear. To destroy our enemy, we have to know our enemy. We have to understand that we are facing a radical fundamentalist movement with global reach and a very specific plan. They are not just out to kill us for the sake of killing us. They want to provoke a conflict that will radicalize the people of the Muslim world, turning them against the United States and the West. And they hope to transform that anger into a force that will topple the region's governments and pave the way for a new empire, an oppressive, fundamentalist superstate stretching across a vast area from Europe to Africa, from the Middle East to Central Asia.
"...First, I will build a stronger, smarter military and intelligence capability to capture or kill our enemies.
"As president, I will expand our Army by 40,000 troops so that we have more soldiers to find and fight the enemy. I will double our Army Special Forces capacity. And we will accelerate the development and deployment of new technologies to track down and bring down terrorists.
"I will strengthen our intelligence system to detect and stop the terrorists before they can strike. By the morning of September 12th, everyone in America knew that our intelligence wasn't as good as it needed to be. But three years later, believe it or not, we read that the CIA unit charged with finding bin Laden has fewer experienced case officers today than it had before 9/11.
"...I will seek a verifiable global ban on the production of materials for nuclear weapons.
Nowhere is the nuclear danger more urgent than in Iran and North Korea.
This week, Iran announced its intention to process enough raw uranium to create five nuclear weapons.
I will make it clear to Iran that we will lead an international effort to impose tough sanctions if they do not permanently suspend their uranium enrichment program and provide verifiable assurances that they are not developing nuclear weapons.
Yesterday, there were reports that North Korea are preparing to fire an intermediate-range ballistic missile that may be able to carry a nuclear warhead. I will work with our allies to get the six party talks with North Korea back on track -- and I will talk directly with the North Koreans -- to get a verifiable agreement that will eliminate their nuclear weapons program completely and irreversibly. We have to get serious about diplomacy with North Korea now. Only then will we have the support of our allies for action if diplomacy fails. "
I honestly liked what I heard from Kerry, however, I have serious doubts that he will really follow through with what he said. We are ALREADY intensively working with North Korea diplomatically, but we are having a hard time with their stubborness. After all, they lied to Clinton all these years when they had an agreement with us that they would NOT build nukes. IT was not Bush who caused them to build nukes in the first place. With Iran, the Europeans are pulling out all the diplomatic stops in attempts to get Iran to stop their nuke program, but it is not working.
Iran is centrifuging uranium hexafluoride gas as I type this. The IAEA had a resolution a few days commanding Iran to cease all nuclear activities, and in response to that, Iran started up their centrifuges to enrich uranium into weapons-grade material for nuclear bombs. source Certainly, Bush had nothing to do with this.
This January, whoever is our President has a lot on his hands with Iran, North Korea, and the whole Middle East. Israel is gonna do something to Iran with their 500 new bunker busters and 103 newly-shipped F-15 and F-16's or themselves face extinction.
Iran just had a military parade in which their missiles had banners draped around them, saying things like "Israel must be wiped off the map," "We will crush America under our feet." source. I honestly do not want to go to war with Iran or North Korea. I know that we will be seriously bloodied, however victorious we will be. So far, we are trying the diplomatic route and I pray to God that it will work.
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Oh my god. I just nearly had a heart attack. Never before have I met a deaf person whose political beliefs were closely aligned with mine - how refreshening to read a blog that isn't so mindlessly-anti-BUSH and backed up by facts to the contrary!! While reading Ridor, I decided to take a look at all his "DC links" and came across yours. Thanks, Jason, whoever you are! I'll visit your site again - soon.
-Jt
Kerry says this but --> Isn't that what Bush is already DOING?!
Not only that, I sleep well knowing I am protected from the terrorist.
JasonLamby, one thing that bothered me the most is that North Korea flaunted that it has WMD. It screamed so loud. It showed us the WMDs. Bush still did not run in the country to stop them from using the WMDs.
Meanwhile, Iraqis -- they denied, denied, and denied. WE ran into them, anyway. So far, no WMDs are found. Only the strains of evidence -- but no WMDs in sight.
Why?
It is O-I-L.
R-
okay.. i'll try to explain this to you as clearly as possible.
we went to war to prevent the situation in north korea from happening again in iraq. when north korea got a full-blown nuclear program, it became too late for us to take action because their use of the nuclear bombs would be certain. as jason has already mentioned, these nuclear bombs that took away our ability to stop north korea were built during the clinton administration.
secondly, we did not go to war for oil. if we did, why are our gas prices so high? this is the dumbest argument the left-wing has made in their parade against the war, and most of the left-wing pundits have dropped this idiotic argument. you should, too.
elisa
i would think north korean soliders would be too malnourished to give a good fight.. leave it to the japanese and chinese to deal with north korea.
prices go up during war time. also, OPEC wouldn't bend to american's desire for cheap gas. i've lived and traveled in europe - they pay more $$ in gas than we do.
kaybee
That is not what I believed nor supported the Bush version, Elisa. I dare you to confront and tell the parents of dead soldiers that we sent their children to Iraq to prevent Saddam from ending up like North Korea! These parents will murder you on the spot!
By that, I have a curious question -- many parents of dead soldiers are complaining that Bush & Cheney has been ignoring their pleas to talk with them directly about what's going on in Iraq?
What makes YOU think that we could find WMDs in Iraq if we could NOT find Osama bin Laden nor Muhammad Omar?
For years, Iraq is already destroyed by the sanctions, no-fly zones, Iraqi-Iranian War, the Gulf War I, and the Kurdish conflicts -- there was no way for them to buld the nuclear arsenals from day one. Israel made sure of that in '82.
It is OKAY for us to have nuclear weapons but not Iraq or Iran? Where is the sense in that?
No, nuclear weapons were not built during the Clinton years. it was initiated probably way before -- perhaps in Reagan years.
I'm certain that Russia and China would love to do something about North Korea -- but no, we focused on something other than North Korea. North Korea are pretty poor in everything -- if they decided to fight China or Russia -- they'll lose in matter of weeks.
Our gas prices are high, and keeping getting higher because there are something going on within the corruptive businesses -- perhaps one day, we will find out why. Just like Enron did to California when they ripped the citizens of billions of dollars.
Dumbest argument that the left-wing has made? No. Not necessary. Your right-wing has many illogical arguments that seemed to be "sensible and vital" to YOUR needs but not ANYONE's needs. Only YOU and YOURSELF! Think of people other than YOURSELF for a change, willja? No, you cannot, Elisa.
The news indicated that the Iraqi pipelines' repeated attacks has caused the oil prices to rise. Whom fault is it? The Insurgents? No, they were doing what they have to -- to drive a wedge within the world community, to divide us all.
R-
I have to keep this brief. (I'll try!)
It's SIMPLE.
Iraq and Iran simply cannot be trusted with atomic bombs. I know that it might not be fair, but there's almost a dozen other nuclear powers. Pakistan and India are nuke-armed. Those who have nuclear bombs are relatively stable. Pakistan does not call for India's destruction, like Iran does to Israel on a daily basis. I only hope that Pervez Musharraf continues to keep the Islamists at bay.
Iran is LEGALLY bound by international law (whatever that amounts to), by the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, which Iran is a signatory of, to disavow nuclear weaponry. Guess what? They just backed out of that treaty, something which North Korea did a few months ago.
North Korea was caught with highly enriched uranium a breach of the NPT. That means they had to convert their plutonium into H.E.U, something that they had no use for, except for the nuclear bomb cores.
As soon as Iran withdrew from the NPT, they began centrifuging uranium hexafluoride gas, something that they denied they would ever do. There's no use in doing that except if you want weapons grade uranium.
Because of past fecklessness at the hands of the UN, IAEA, and the United States, we have two nations armed with nuclear bombs. WE cannot do anything about it. Now, cross Iran and N. Korea off the list. What's left there on the top, a country in which we can attack without getting nuked in return? Iraq. What happened after we desposed Saddam? Libya disarmed.
It is better that we fight the terrorists in Iraq. IT is like attracting a swarm of killer bees with honey and then spraying the swarm with deadly gas. IT is a better alternative to having the swarm disperse, stinging everybody, everywhere. We could swat some bees here and htere, but it would be impossible to get them all. The best way? Bait 'em and kill 'em. Iraq was the bait.
Oh, by the way, Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran just announced that they gotta have 4 nuclear bombs by January, or they are not true Muslims. I am positive he isn't joking around.
one more thing.. Iraq is the size of California. I bet you, if we got everyone on the Gallaudet campus, and had them comb the entire state of California for a bona fide nuclear bomb (specifically, a Mark-V thermonuclear fusion bomb), which is certain to be stored at Camp Pendleton, Edwards AFB, or anywhere the military is based.
If you were allowed to do what the Iraqis did, submit a 12,000 page collection of bogus evidence that did not prove their innonence. At the same time, those nukes are being hidden in a submarine on the bottom of the Bay Area, right next to Golden Gate Bridge... No way could a team of 2,000 people ever find anything. The key here is the Iraqis actively hindered the inspections for 12 years. The Libyans resolved their WMD issue in mere months, and now we have full diplomatic relations with them. Why didn't the Iraqis do what Muammar Gadhafi do? The South Africans disarmed themselves, and their disarmament was a model. All Saddam had to do was LISTEN and DO what was required of him.
The war then would not have been necessary. In 20/20 hindsight, there was no way we would ever had known conclusively Saddam was not armed nor a threat.
ally made me snicker at your comments. Some of it made sense. Some are not.
Though ... You're right that Iraq is used as the bait to attract the terrorists. Perhaps it is working but is it fair for innocent civilians and soldiers as well? We sacrificed our lives for liberty, not at THEIR expenses.
If you want to preserve the freedom of this country, then die for your country -- but please do not use someone's death for your luxurious needs.
R-
IF and only if I actually lived a life with the mind set of having a luxurious needs without a care for what the consequences of your patronage are, then your argument is valid. However, I am very much on your side on these issues, you may not realize!
I get all choked up whenever I see images of, like, all the soldiers killed, a long, long list of thumbnails, or a list of their names, ages and hometowns. It is the hardest when I see soldiers younger than I killed, soldiers just 18 and 19 years old.
As John F. Kennedy said, "Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
Believe me, if I was hearing, I would enlist in a heartbeat. To serve my country. As a Deaf person, unfortunately, I cannot. So I can only vent. Or become an Israeli citizen. (which would make the whole point moot, because I would be no longer serving the US!)
so france, also a nuclear country, it's more okay for them to use nuclear power as energy source?
chicken little.
kaybee
Yeah. It is perfectly OK for France to have nuclear power.
However, keep this in mind.. France was building Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor before Israel unilaterally bombed it to utter destruction in 1982. Saddam was gonna build nukes with a French-built reactor. That just so goes to show that nuclear profileration is the big issue. I do not believe France engaged in any further serious nuclear profileration activities.
So, to this day, yes, Drance should be allowed to have nuclear power. I basically think that a country has to have a certain degree of "character" to be able to possess nuclear technology. A strong, stable government that respects basic human rights. France, Britain, Germany, Japan, South Korea, China, India, Israel, countries like these can be trusted. Iran, North Korea, Libya, Syria, Chechnya, Pakistan, etc cannot. Pakistan, a nuclear power, spread nuclear know-how to dozens of countries. A strong, stable country does not allow that type of thing to happen.
so, we, the responsible and rich western decide whether the iranians have the proper characteristics? it's not gonna happen in our lifetime if we maintain that attitude. so we'll hold them accountable. i'm having trouble believing the media's 'crying wolf' and 'chicken little'. - kaybee
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