Why Kerry must be removed
On April 22, 1971, John Kerry testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee about an investigation of “over 150 honorably discharged and many very highly decorated veterans testified to war crimes committed in Southeast Asia, not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command.” He said, “They told the stories at times they had personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs…” He went on to say, “There is no threat. The Communists are not about to take over our McDonald hamburger stands.” Turns out, Kerry was manipulated by anti-American radicals.
In July 2008, Pennsylvania Republican Joe Pitts spoke on the House floor revealing that Kerry’s testimony relied on a report prepared by people who were not former soldiers. He said, “They were frauds. They were out only to discredit the military and our country. But John Kerry never repudiated or apologized for his statements.” In fact, in an April 23, 2004 interview with CNN, Kerry claimed his comments were “mostly the voice of a young, angry person who wanted to end the war…But they were the words that came out of my gut at the time based on the anger and frustration that I felt back when it was happening…I’m not going to back down one inch on what I’ve fought for and what I’ve stood for all of these years.”
Can Americans assume it was the same gut feeling and anger that prompted him to put the words Israel and apartheid together in describing what Israel will become if it doesn’t follow his ideas for peace? Is this the same misinformed, manipulated attitude he held 43 years ago about his own country–for which he is still unapologetic? Is it the height of arrogance or the belief that he was right in referring to Israel as a possible apartheid state when he refused to apologize and instead issued the statement: “I will not allow my commitment to Israel to be questioned by anyone, particularly for partisan, political purposes, so I want to be crystal clear about what I believe and what I don’t believe.”
Using reckless and anti-American language is a habit for Kerry. It is not becoming of a Secretary of State. Apartheid is defined as “a policy or system of segregation or discrimination on grounds of race.” If any people on earth experienced apartheid, it is the Jews. For Kerry to make such a remark is insensitive, ignorant and disrespectful in the least. But if Kerry is defiant as his statements about what he believes and that no one should question his commitment, and at the same time, unapologetic, one has to at least take him for his word. This is why he must be removed. He has no credibility for as Jesus said in Matthew 12:34, “For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.” Americans should demand his ouster.
