“While I stated that my initial inclination was to support the President, I pointed out that two essential tests had to be met in determining whether or not the U.S. action was appropriate. First, the United States had to have irrefutable evidence directly linking the regime to a terrorist act and, second, our response should be proportional to that act.”
But this wasn’t 2004, it was 1986. This was John Kerry’s response to Ronald Reagan’s military actions against Libya. It gives a very interesting insight into what John Kerry thinks of fighting terrorists.
Admitting that the evidence tying Tripoli to the disco bombing was “irrefutable,” the U.S. had failed the proportionality test, Kerry argued - “It is obvious that our response was not proportional to the disco bombing … “There are numerous other actions we can take, in concert with our allies, to bring significant pressure to bear on countries supporting or harboring terrorists.”
That’s NOT the way I want my President addressing terrorists.
