Friday, October 8, 2004 |
11:05 - I can dream, can't I?
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Kerry on Darfur:
WASHINGTON - Democrat presidential candidate John Kerry says he would not send U.S. forces to stop the genocide in Sudan if they continued to be needed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
“I’d do everything possible,” he said in a taped interview broadcast Thursday night on Black Entertainment Television, citing logistical support and money to help the African Union intervene in the Sudanese crisis.
Asked whether he’d send troops, Kerry said the United States would “have to be in a position in Iraq and Afghanistan” to allow that to happen. He said his options as president would be limited because President Bush has overextended U.S. forces.
“Our flexibility is less than it was,” he said. “Our moral leadership is not what it ought to be.”
You know what I'd love to see?
Once—just once—for any reporter interviewing Kerry to, at this point, say:
"Yes or no, please, sir."
Wouldn't that just be devastating?
Such a simple question, such a simple answer they're looking for: Assuming we had them available, would you send troops to Sudan? Yes or no? Just trying to find out whether he thinks it's something we should do or not. But no, the answer is a pointless ramble about Iraq and Afghanistan and Bush and moral leadership.
Yes or no, please, sir. Imagine what a sound bite that would make.
I guess we know what four years of Kerry press conferences will look like.
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