The Issue: Secretary of State John Kerry’s claim that Congress is the biggest challenge to US foreign affairs.
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Congress doesn’t pose the “greatest challenge” to US foreign policy (“Kerry vs. America [the Sequel],” Editorial, Feb. 22).
Secretary of State John Kerry does — along with his boss in the White House.
Someone who frequently visited a murderer like Bashar Assad of Syria has no business running the State Department.
And someone who gives money to the Muslim Brotherhood-dominated government in Egypt, as President Obama does, has no business running the country.
Charlie Honadel
Staten Island
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Given another opportunity to trash American policy, John Kerry has darkened the stain on his character that he created during and after the Vietnam War.
A traitor to his Swift Boat comrades, Kerry’s comments reveal that he has never changed his unpatriotic stance.
He’s a modern-day Benedict Arnold.
Theodore Miraldi
The Bronx
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Is anyone surprised by what Kerry said?
After all, he accused his fellow servicemen of killing innocent women and children when they served in Vietnam.
This is exactly the type of individual Obama would choose for office: Someone who blames everybody else except those who are truly responsible.
The sad fact is that not only Democrats were eager to have Kerry as secretary of state — Republicans also voted for him.
It’s becoming more and more difficult to tell the difference between the two parties in Washington.
When we have the likes of Kerry, Chuck Hagel and Jack Lew as Obama’s choices to lead our nation, we need legislators willing to say no.
Marilyn Beasley
Joplin, Mo.