"We must recognize that there is no indication that Saddam Hussein has any intention of relenting. So we have an obligation of enormous consequence, an obligation to guarantee that Saddam Hussein cannot ignore the United Nations. He cannot be permitted to go unobserved and unimpeded toward his horrific objective of amassing a stockpile of weapons of mass destruction. This is not a matter about which there should be any debate whatsoever in the Security Council, or, certainly, in this Nation... While we should always seek to take significant international actions on a multilateral rather than a unilateral basis whenever that is possible, if in the final analysis we face what we truly believe to be a grave threat to the well-being of our Nation or the entire world and it cannot be removed peacefully, we must have the courage to do what we believe is right and wise."


This quote is not from George W. Bush. This quote is not from Tony Blair. This quote is from John Kerry on the floor of the United States Senate in 1997. Back then, Senator Kerry advocated strong action against Saddam Hussein, even unilateral action if necessary. So what happened between 1997 and 2003? John Kerry decided he wanted to be president and he saw the reactions Howard Dean was getting by bashing the president and the war. John Kerry: American hero.

Editor's note: I was being sarcastic. I do not, in fact, like John Kerry, as a politician or as a person.