John Kerry on The Situation Room from Baghdad (video & transcript)

[kerrygoddess]

John Kerry on The Situation Room from Baghdad
January 19th, 2006

John Kerry was on CNN’s The Situation Room again today in an interview taped earlier in the day from Baghdad. Kerry is winding down his trip to the Middle East and is expected back in the U.S. tomorrow.

If you missed the interview on CNN you can watch it here in 2 parts (QT only), no commercials: Part 1 of “Kerry in Iraq” and Part 2 of “Kerry in Iraq”. - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1701

The interviewed touched on various issues happening on the ground now in Iraq, including the kidnapping of CSM reporter Jill Carroll (see my post here for Kerry’s comments), more suicide bombings and more deaths today and Blitzer asked Kerry if he felt the situation there is “getting better or is it getting worse?”

Blitzer tried to pin Kerry into saying that the Al Qaida was the problem in Iraq, the BS Bush administration meme. Kerry was not buying it…

“The fact is that Al Qaida is not the principal problem of Iraq. The principal problem of Iraq is a larger group of people who reject the current direction because of the shape of the constitution, because of a history of cultural confrontation, and because of their current fears that they are not going to be protected.”

MORE - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?p=1701

FULL TRANSCRIPT - http://blog.thedemocraticdaily.com/?page_id=1699

[fedupinBushcountry]

1. Thanks, KG

I missed it and Wolfie didn't show it in the 7 timeslot. I can't get the QT to come up, I clicked on it and nothing.

[ProSense]

2. Thanks for posting KG; I'm having the same problem. n/t

[Mass]

3. It takes very long to download,

The second one seems a little faster, but still very long.

[kerrygoddess]

5. I don't like QT myself

But it's all I could get. A friend with a MAC made them.

[Mass]

6. It was worth waiting - It is a great interview

Sure, it is never going to satisfy some people, but he did great.

[rox63]

7. He looked and sounded great!

Sounds like he'll be all fired up when he gets back. :)

[ProSense]

8. I have it now. Thanks. n/t

[rox63]

4. Watching the video now

Thanks for posting it, KG. It did take a long time to download. But It's a long interview, and it's definitely worth the wait. :)