Kerry Tora Bora comment ripped out of context

[dennis4868]

Kerry Tora Bora comment ripped out of context

http://mediamatters.org/items/200411010004

Despite claims in the media, Senator John Kerry did not praise the Bush administration's decision to use Afghan warlords to try to capture Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora in December 2001. Washington Post op-ed columnist Charles Krauthammer, New York Times columnist David Brooks, and FOX News Sunday host Chris Wallace all misrepresented what Kerry said on CNN's Larry King Live on December 14, 2001.

A transcript of Larry King Live from that day shows that when Kerry said that U.S. war strategy in Afghanistan was being pursued "pretty effectively," he was not commenting on the use of Afghan warlords, but disagreeing with a caller who suggested the U.S. should use napalm or flamethrowers in the Afghan caves. The use of Afghans to hunt down bin Laden never came up.

From the December 14, 2001, edition of Larry King Live:

CALLER: Hello. Yes, I would like to ask the panel why they don't use napalm or flamethrowers on those tunnels and caves up there in Afghanistan?

KING: Senator Kerry?

CALLER: My golly, I think they could smoke him out.

KING: Senator Kerry?

KERRY: Well, I think it depends on where you are tactically. They may well be doing that at some point in time. But for the moment, what we are doing, I think, is having its impact and it is the best way to protect our troops and sort of minimalize the proximity, if you will. I think we have been doing this pretty effectively and we should continue to do it that way.

more....http://mediamatters.org/items/200411010004

THANKS AGAIN MEDIA WHORES FOR DISTORTING WHAT JOHN KERRY REALLY SAID!

[dogtag]

1. Yawn...just another example of our beloved asleep at the

wheel media whores. They can't refute an obvious out of context quote, let's call it a big fat lie about Kerry, even when there is tape readily available. PATHETIC.

[dennis4868]

2. And even dems....

on the cable tv shows do not defend Kerry with the facts in this instance....