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PA, you're what? 22? What say makes you appear like an incredibly naiave person half your age...

- Isn't it hilarious how Kerry voted FOR the PATRIOT Act, and now he opposes it?

The Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357-66 in the House:
“Most of [The Patriot Act] has to do with improving the transfer of information between CIA and FBI, and it has to do with things that really were quite necessary in the wake of what happened on September 11th.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Town Hall Meeting, Manchester, NH, 8/6/03).

Not surprisingly, now Kerry wants the act repealed:
“We are a nation of laws and liberties, not of a knock in the night. So it is time to end the era of John Ashcroft. That starts with replacing the Patriot Act with a new law that protects our people and our liberties at the same time. I’ve been a District Attorney and I know that what law enforcement needs are real tools not restrictions on American’s basic rights.” (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At Iowa State University, Iowa City, IA, 12/1/03)

- How he supported the Iraq War and the 87 billion dollars towards the rebuilding process, but now is against it?

FOR:
“George, I said at the time I would have preferred if we had given diplomacy a greater opportunity, but I think it was the right decision to disarm Saddam Hussein, and when the President made the decision, I supported him, and I support the fact that we did disarm him.” (ABC News, Democrat Presidential Candidate Debate, Columbia, SC, 5/4/03)

AGAINST:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: “Do you think you belong to that category of candidates who more or less are unhappy with this war, the way it’s been fought, along with General Clark, along with Howard Dean and not necessarily in companionship politically on the issue of the war with people like Lieberman, Edwards and Gephardt? Are you one of the anti-war candidates?” KERRY: “I am -- Yes, in the sense that I don’t believe the president took us to war as he should have, yes, absolutely.” (MSNBC’s “Hardball,” 1/6/04)

- How he supported the first Gulf war, but now opposes it?

AGAINST:
‘Thank you for contacting me to express your opposition ... to the early use of military force by the US against Iraq. I share your concerns. On January 11, I voted in favor of a resolution that would have insisted that economic sanctions be given more time to work and against a resolution giving the president the immediate authority to go to war.’ --letter from Senator John Kerry to Wallace Carter of Newton Centre, Massachusetts, dated January 22 [1991]

FOR:
‘Thank you very much for contacting me to express your support for the actions of President Bush in response to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. 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.’ --Senator Kerry to Wallace Carter, January 31 [1991]”

I can go on and on, there are mass amounts of issues in which John Kerry has DIRECTLY contradicted himself. Perhaps i'll put afew more out there a little later.

How can anyone in their right mind vote for John Kerry come election day?

I may not be American, but I do love me politics!

Anywho, back to your question (How do you reason with Terrorist?), you reason with them the same way as anyone else. Not with a gun, not with killing but by trying to acheive both ends. Trying to give way and let them have what they want - to an extent, but make sure it's fair all around. Every terrorist is generally doing it for something - they're not going into it blindly with no cause. To stop them, remove their cause or remove their motive.