TERESA Slams Iraq War

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Kerry's Wife Criticizes Iraq War

By LAWRENCE MESSINA, Associated Press Writer

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Teresa Heinz Kerry criticized President Bush on Wednesday, arguing that his push to invade Iraq "exacerbated, out of control, terrorism around the world" while alienating allies.

"The option was to do the job and finish Afghanistan, and then build a coalition to combat terrorism," the wife of Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry told relatives of servicemembers.

Heinz Kerry said the focus now should be on ending the fighting and bringing the troops home with honor.

"We don't want them to come back feeling like their effort was in vain," she said. "We don't want them to come back feeling like all they did was 'destroy a country.'"

"Our pursuit of the Iraq war and the way we've carried it out have exacerbated, out of control, terrorism around the world and, certainly, there has been the loss of allies and respect of the world."

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Nothing groundbreaking here, but it's nice to know that Teresa "gets it" - so does John, in my opinion, even if he isn't as vocal about it all the time, which (in my opinion) has more to do with his style than his convictions.