Kerry-Edwards: Reality Check - Cheney Argued for Kerry's Position

U.S. Newswire

Despite the Bush campaign's outraged statements over Kerry's criticism of Bush's proposals on pulling back troops, it turns out that Dick Cheney (news - web sites) himself held the exact same position, for the exact same reason.

Kerry Edwards spokesman Mark Kitchens said: "Bush's plan will make us weaker in the fight against terrorism. By fraying crucial alliances and withdrawing troops from the Korean peninsula at exactly the time we need them there to pressure North Korea (news - web sites) to give up its nuclear weapons, Bush will weaken our ability to wage a global war on terror. Looks like Dick Cheney agrees with him. Dick Cheney had it right when he said that reducing forces in Korea when they had nuclear weapons was the wrong move at the wrong time." ..

CHENEY SAID U.S. SHOULD NOT WITHDRAW FROM NORTH KOREA DUE TO NUCLEAR THREAT. "Cheney noted the decision announced this week in Seoul to suspend further troop cuts in South Korea (news - web sites) because of North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons. He referred to Pyongyang's '40-year history of aggression, terrorism and irresponsible weapons sales' as adding to the concerns raised by its nuclear weapons program." (LAT, 11/23/91)

CHENEY: "In Korea, for example, we've been involved in 1991 and '92 -- involved in drawing down the size of our deployment there, shifting more of the burden to the Koreans, having them take more of a leadership role and we take more of a supporting role, and having them pick up a larger part of the economic burden. That process is underway, although we stopped any further reductions after the end of this year because of the uncertainty for now about the North, about how that's going to sort out." (Cheney remarks, 5/22/92) ..

Our side is so bad about getting our talking points out into the media.

Even when we have people on shows, half the time they don't seem to know what they are talking about.

More training for the Democratic media troops is needed. Soon!

Which is the reason given for Osama's hatred of the United States after he was the darling of the Reagan Administration in the 1980's.