Matthew Rothschild: John Kerry, Warmonger

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from The Progressive:


John Kerry, Warmonger
By Matthew Rothschild, September 4, 2013


John Kerry is not exactly inspiring confidence as Secretary of State.

He’s become the biggest cheerleader for war against Syria in the entire administration.

At the Senate hearings yesterday, he wouldn’t even rule out putting boots on the ground in Syria, even though President Obama had assured us on Saturday that this wouldn’t happen.

Asked directly about it, here’s what Kerry had to say: If chemical weapons were at risk of falling into the hands of Al Qaeda types in Syria, he said: “I don’t want to take off the table an option that might or might not be available to a President of the United States to secure our country.”

He then backtracked and tried to slam the door shut on putting U.S. ground troops there, but if you were listening, you had to conclude that this door is still kind of open. .......................(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.progressive.org/john-kerry-warmonger

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1. Has anybody seen our old friend John Kerry?

Can you tell me where he's gone?

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2. So...

Latin America is US backyard, striking a foreign country with missiles is not an act of war, US government spies in order to protect citizens of the world...

Why didn't Bush pick Kerry to his government?