22 Questions for Kerry

352klr · Oct 24, 2004

In today's Washington Post, Bob Woodward has an article that has 22 questions for John Kerry. I think they're excellent questions and it'd be great if Kerry would have agreed to answer them. At the same time, the questions make you ask yourself (for the thousandth time) WTF were these guys thinking?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55919-2004Oct22?language=printer

Chicago1871 · Oct 24, 2004

Wow. I'd love to hear Kerry's responses to these questions. Damn if that isn't a damning list of "evidence" against Bushco.

VFish · Oct 24, 2004

The WaPo gives him their endorsement but JFK can't talk to Bob Woodward? What's up with dat?

DynamoKiev_USA · Oct 25, 2004

I think these are the toughest of the questions to answer for Kerry:

9. On Nov. 8, 2002, the U.N. Security Council unanimously (15 to 0) passed Resolution 1441 on new weapons inspections in Iraq. Powell thought it was a critical victory, putting the United States on the road to diplomatic success.

Questions: What did this mean, now that Saddam seemed isolated and friendless in the world? Was strategic victory -- getting Saddam out of power -- possible through diplomacy or by continuing diplomacy and weapons inspections?
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10. In November-December 2002, major U.S. force deployments began but were strung out to avoid telling the world that war was all but inevitable and that diplomacy was over. Rumsfeld told the president that the large U.S. divisions could be kept in top fighting shape for only two to three months without degrading the force.

Questions: How might a President Kerry have handled this? What is the role of momentum in such a decision-making process?

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11. On Dec. 21, 2002, CIA deputy John McLaughlin gave a major presentation to the president on the intelligence evidence that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction. The president was not impressed and asked where the good, strong intelligence was. CIA Director George Tenet twice assured the president that the WMD case was a "slam dunk."

Questions: What might a President Kerry have done when he smelled weakness in an intelligence case?

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17. On March 17, 2003, concluding that Saddam was stalling and lying, Bush ordered war while U.N. weapons inspectors were still in Iraq.

Questions: Was this decision right or premature? Was there any other action, short of war, that would have effectively increased pressure on Saddam?

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Dan Loney · Oct 25, 2004

Yeah, those sure were tough questions for Kerry. But I thought these were more challenging questions:

1. Let's say in August 2001, you saw Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Attack The United States." Would you have paid attention to it, or would you have rammed your head up your ass like George Bush did?

2. Let's say in September 2001, you're reading "My Pet Goat" to a bunch of schoolchildren, and your chief of staff comes in and tells you America is under attack. Would you have paid attention to him, or would you have rammed your head up your ass like George Bush did?

3. Has Teresa picked a color for the White House curtains yet?

Pathogen · Oct 25, 2004

Dan Loney said:

Yeah, those sure were tough questions for Kerry. But I thought these were more challenging questions:

1. Let's say in August 2001, you saw Presidential Daily Briefing entitled "Bin Laden Determined To Attack The United States." Would you have paid attention to it, or would you have rammed your head up your ass like George Bush did?

2. Let's say in September 2001, you're reading "My Pet Goat" to a bunch of schoolchildren, and your chief of staff comes in and tells you America is under attack. Would you have paid attention to him, or would you have rammed your head up your ass like George Bush did?

3. Has Teresa picked a color for the White House curtains yet?
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That last question is completely unfair. She'd hire a decorator.

Garcia · Oct 25, 2004

If you notice, she always wears red.

Dan Loney · Oct 25, 2004

Garcia said:

If you notice, she always wears red.
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Because she's a COMMUNIST!

Sincerely,
Ann Coulter