[Peace-discuss] The case FOR John Kerry

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The anti-war case for Kerry:

1970's worked against the war in Vietnam.
1970's worked for UN involvement in Vietnam.
1980's worked against US involvement in Nicaragua.
1980's worked against US invasion of Grenada.
1980's Kerry headed committee investigation of Iran/ Contra.
1990's worked for disabled veterans, and MIA.
1990's worked to restore US relations with Vietnam.
1990's worked against the first war in Iraq.
2000's pressured US to go to UN for international diplomacy.

"I’ve stood up and fought against Richard Nixon’s war in Vietnam. I
stood up and fought against Ronald Reagan’s illegal war in Central
America." - John Kerry

"In our opinion, and from our experience, there is nothing in South
Vietnam, nothing which could happen that realistically threatens the
United States of America. And to attempt to justify the loss of one
American life in Vietnam, Cambodia, or Laos by linking such loss to the
preservation of freedom, which those misfits supposedly abuse, is to us
the height of criminal hypocrisy, and it is that kind of hypocrisy
which we feel has torn this country apart." - John Kerry

"The soldier went to Vietnam to defend the country from aggressive
communism in the tradition of World War II. But the soldier learned he
was not fighting communism. Communism was not a threat to our country
and the war was not moral." - John Kerry

In 1972, when John Kerry first campaigned for Congress, he made a
commitment to vote against military appropriations. After he was
elected, he went one step further, actively introducing legislation to
reduce funding for defense and intelligence. In addition to his
opposition to defense funding, John Kerry opposed the policies that led
to victory in the Cold War. In 1984 he called for a freeze on testing,
production and deployment of nuclear warheads, missiles, and other
delivery systems. In 1985, he introduced a Comprehensive Nuclear Freeze
Bill, and sponsored two amendments to freeze SDI-related nuclear
development. Took on Reagan/ Bush administration contra policy.

"To attempt to justify the loss of one American life in Vietnam,
Cambodia, or Laos by linking such loss to the preservation of freedom …
is … the height of criminal hypocrisy, and it is that kind of hypocrisy
which we feel has torn this country apart.” -John Kerry





		
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