Preemptive Strike - CORRECTION

Not only was Kerry for the war in Iraq, but he even argued in favor of a preemptive strike. The Washington Post has the full story, as we know it so far.

[WRONG_QUOTE] "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." [/WRONG_QUOTE]

In reference to a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding access to Iraqi weapons sites, Mr. Kerry actually said: "I think that's our great concern — where's the backbone of Russia, where's the backbone of France, where are they in expressing their condemnation of such clearly illegal activity — but in a sense, they're now climbing into a box and they will have enormous difficulty not following up on this if there is not compliance by Iraq."
Later, referring to French and Russian reservations on the use of force, Mr. Kerry said: "There's absolutely no statement that they have made or that they will make that will prevent the United States of America and this president or any president from acting in what they believe are the best interests of our country."

Another story which hasn't recieved much press yet is Fox News' investigation into the Oil-for-Food program. There's a lot of evidence (not conclusive yet) suggesting that France and Russia (maybe Germany too) were profiting from this program, and that the program was being used to fund terrorism. Many of the records are confidential, and the UN is doing what they can to block the investigation. So now Kerry can say "I actually agreed with Bush before I disagreed with him." [Correction: the WashPost quotes were corrected later in the day. I updated the quotes above to reflect the new information.]