Thursday, September 5, 2013

A differentiation fed them by the administration

John F. Kerry's testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on April 22, 1971:

"We veterans can only look with amazement on the fact that this country has been unable to see there is absolutely no difference between ground troops and a helicopter crew, and yet people have accepted a differentiation fed them by the administration."

John F. Kerry's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on Syria, September 3, 2013:

"So let me be clear: President Obama is not asking America to go to war. And I say that sitting next to two men -- Secretary Hagel and Chairman Dempsey -- who know what war is. Senator McCain knows what war is. They know the difference between going to war and what President Obama is requesting now. We all agree, there will be no American boots on the ground."