John Kerry Circa '97

Nick Gillespie | 9.24.2004 12:15 PM

On CNN's Crossfire in 1997 (via Drudge):

"We know we can't count on the French. We know we can't count on the Russians," said Mr. Kerry. "We know that Iraq is a danger to the United States, and we reserve the right to take pre-emptive action whenever we feel it's in our national interest."

Nick Gillespie is an editor at large at Reason and host of The Reason Interview With Nick Gillespie.