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MineralMan

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37. I don't claim you were misled. I claim that you are attempting to mislead.

Mon Sep 2, 2013, 03:34 PM

Sep 2013

There is a difference, you know. The fact is that he was doing his job in 2009, as he is today. Today, his job is representing the Obama administration as Secretary of State.

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John Kerry's personal experience with Assad [View all] Savannahmann Sep 2013 OP

Kerry has a lot more first hand experience pjt7 Sep 2013 #1

Amazing you consider that and ignore what Kerry did opposing Vietnam, karynnj Sep 2013 #20

Next from the same school of thought: Kerry danced naked at Bohemian Grove worshiping Moloch and freshwest Sep 2013 #36

Assad is like Hussein. Another useful dictator we're done with. DirkGently Sep 2013 #2

Jeez. All Rumsfeld got out of Saddam was a prefunctory handshake. Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2013 #3

Kerry was not there giving Assad chemical weapons - as Rumsfeld was with Saddam karynnj Sep 2013 #21

Kerry has been carrying out DIPLOMACY to try and prevent what is currently going on. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #4

Diplomacy isn't usually carried out with spouses at the table. Dreamer Tatum Sep 2013 #5

Yes, it is. The FACTS of matter show the ignorance of many DU'ers. What does diplomacy mean to you? KittyWampus Sep 2013 #6

You can capitalize 'facts' all you like, but you still have none Dreamer Tatum Sep 2013 #7

Hypocrite. Kerry gets smeared for attempting diplomacy. It says volumes about anyone attempting this KittyWampus Sep 2013 #8

Then so was Rumsfeld, huh? nt Dreamer Tatum Sep 2013 #11

Rumsfeld was proven to have been onboard for PNAC. But don't let facts get in the way. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #14

"Rumsfeld made no reference to chemical weapons" ProSense Sep 2013 #22

True -it was expected that the right wing would use this - as they immediately did - karynnj Sep 2013 #26

It was in this case - and Teresa has helped him in other places as well karynnj Sep 2013 #15

State dinners and like events. It happens all the time. n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #19

KittyWampus, it seems the ODS bunch is out in full color today, don't understand how gears Thinkingabout Sep 2013 #9

It's so 'diplomatic' to compare Assad to Hitler leftstreet Sep 2013 #10

Had Assad's forces gassed 1000 civilians yet? Your being so uninformed is kind of embarrassing. KittyWampus Sep 2013 #12

Why don't you and Kerry prove Assad did it? n/t leftstreet Sep 2013 #17

"Did he have the guts to do that at the dinner table?" ProSense Sep 2013 #13

Where is the evidence Assad launched a chemical attack? leftstreet Sep 2013 #18

Who launched the attacks? n/t ProSense Sep 2013 #25

Exactly! Who did it? n/t leftstreet Sep 2013 #29

Kerry is responding now to something done in the last 2 weeks karynnj Sep 2013 #27

Um, the picture was from 2009, when John Kerry was Senator Kerry not Secretary Kerry. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #16

Then research John Kerry before posting crap f/ the Telegraph. What Committee was he on? KittyWampus Sep 2013 #23

And was Assad any less of a Dictatorial Thug then? Savannahmann Sep 2013 #28

He was Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee ProSense Sep 2013 #24

Wow. Straight from Drudge to DU. JohnnyLib2 Sep 2013 #30

I don't know about Drudge Savannahmann Sep 2013 #31

"A cozy dinner," eh. MineralMan Sep 2013 #32

Actually the excerpt clearly said 2009 Savannahmann Sep 2013 #33

I don't claim you were misled. I claim that you are attempting to mislead. MineralMan Sep 2013 #37

OK, for some reason we're not communicating clearly. Savannahmann Sep 2013 #38

Sitting across the table from someone at MineralMan Sep 2013 #39

Then why did you start off with 2009? Savannahmann Sep 2013 #40

We appear to be moving away from any sensible discussion. MineralMan Sep 2013 #41

hit piece full of speculation.... spanone Sep 2013 #34

BFD. You think you got Kerry? Things fucking change from 2009 Cha Sep 2013 #35