KerryEdwards: Cheney Argued for Kerry's Position on Troop Realignment

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8/18/2004 6:07:00 PM
To: National Desk, Political Reporter

WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is a release of Kerry-Edwards 2004:

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 himself held the exact same position, for the exact same reason.

CHENEY ON KOREAN FORCE SIZE: SAME POSITION AS KERRY

CHENEY SAID DANGER POSED BY NORTH KOREA REQUIRES U.S. PRESENCE. Cheney: "'In view of the dangers of nuclear proliferation in North Korea and the destabilizing impact on Northeast Asia -- and as a result of our consultations -- we have concluded that it would be unwise to proceed with major U.S. force reduction,' he said. 'We have therefore postponed the next round of force level adjustments being considered for Korea until the dangers and uncertainties of the North Korean nuclear program have been thoroughly addressed.'" (UPI, 11/21/91)

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 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)

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[iwantmycountryback]

1. Might be reaching

Considering he said those things over a decade ago. Of course nothing worse than the blatant lies of Cheney and Rove.

[RamboLiberal]

2. Not a reach at all - N. Korea is even more dangerous

and desparate than in 91. And now probably with the bomb!

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3. reaching

like running a misleading ad about Kerry's votes on intelligence bills in the '90s, or distorting his Vietnam record from 35 years ago?

[Norquist Nemesis]

4. True. Time to trot out the "after 9/11" recording.

At least that's what I would expect to be the response to the response. Although, lest we forget, it's perfectly alright for Bush/Cheney to distort Kerry's record on cutting weapons programs which were in fact suggested by him while he was Poppy Bush's SOD.