[Peace-discuss] The case FOR John Kerry

[jencart]

Win the peace doesn't count!  I wanna hear "Peace" said so that it means what Dennis Kucinich (and AWARE members) mean by Peace. 

I tho't Kerry emphasized that the 40K would NOT be sent to Iraq.  My impression was that other troops at the bazillions of bases in 140 countries would be sent to relieve those in Iraq, and the new 40K would replace those... He also said he would end the "back door" draft.

Jenifer C.
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Jenifer, Kerry did say we have to "win the 
peace", if I remember correctly.  I was saddened 
to hear about the 40,000 new troops and doubling 
of special forces.  It's tough to take, and yet 
I'm voting for Kerry.  Thanks for your lively 
additions to this discussion on the peace list 
lately.

Brandon

>Thanks for Kerry's anti-war list, Don.   But, 
>unfortunately, the Kerry of today seems a 
>different person from the Kerry of yesterday.... 
>He speaks and votes differently, totally ignores 
>his own exemplary anti-war history instead of 
>being proud of it.  Also,  I didn't hear the 
>word "peace" in his acceptance speech last 
>night...... The pundits on 2 channels said it 
>was a speech that could have been given by a 
>Republican, prob because it was so pro military 
>(and saying he'll reduce yearly health insurance 
>costs by as much as $1000 per year, big 
>deal.....)
>
>What do you think we can expect from the Kerry 
>of tomorrow?  (Not that I think there's any 
>choice re whom we vote for because we KNOW what 
>we can expect from Bush...)
>
>Jenifer C.
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>The anti-war case for Kerry:
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>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