triple toe loop, double flip

This is a perfect example of John Kerry taking two different positions in front of two different audiences on the same issue. No matter what you think about the Israeli security fence, this should be instructive:


Remarks at the Arab American Institute, Washington, DC, October 17, 2003
"And I know how disheartened Palestinians are by the Israeli government's decision to build the barrier off of the green line - cutting deep into Palestinian areas. We don't need another barrier to peace." (http://www.cfr.org/campaign2004/pub6497/john_kerry/remarks_at_the_arab_american_institute.php)


A meeting with 40 Jewish organizational leaders, New York, NY, February 29, 2004
"Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) reassured U.S. Jewish leaders that he supports Israel’s right to build a security barrier....the front-runner for the Democratic nomination went out of his way to clarify his position on the fence, which he had described as a “barrier to peace” last year in a speech to Arab Americans. Kerry said he sees the West Bank barrier, which Israel is building to prevent terrorist attacks, as a matter of self-defense" (http://www.jta.org/brknews.asp?id=98190)