The Washington Times has a story about Kerry supposedly saying pre-emptive action in Iraq was ok in 1997:
During a 1997 debate on CNN’s “Crossfire,” Sen. John Kerry, now the Democratic presidential nominee, made the case for launching a pre-emptive attack against Iraq. “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.”
(via Powerline, who casts some doubt on the veracity of the quote.) Anyway, even if it’s true, it’s idiotic. There’s a difference between “pre-emptive action” (bombing known weapons sites in 1998, which is what he was taking about), and invading another country without a plan or reasonable path to establishing a peaceful resolution there. More wingnut nonsense.