Kerry Flips, Kerry Flops
Thirteen years ago, Walter Carter, of Newton, Mass., wrote to his senator and asked him to support military action to expel Saddam Hussein’s troops from Iraq. As a vote neared, Carter faxed his letter to the office of John Kerry and, just to be sure, sent it along by regular mail as well.
A few days later, Kerry wrote back to thank Carter for opposing military action against Iraq and told him he had voted “no” on the resolution to give then-President George H.W. Bush the go-ahead.
“I didn’t know what to think,” Carter recalls today.
A few days later, Carter got another letter from Kerry. The Senator thanked Carter for supporting Bush on Iraq.
“From the outset of the invasion, I have strongly and unequivocally supported President Bush’s response to the crisis and the policy goals he has established with our military deployment in the Persian Gulf,” Kerry wrote.
