21st century John Kerry much worse than 20th century version

In one the most stunning utterances of hypocrisy in American diplomatic history, Secretary of State John Kerry had this to say about possible Russian mobilization in the Crimea to protect Russian interests in this semi-autonomous region of the Ukraine which are now in jeopardy due to an American and EU sponsored coup against the duly elected Ukrainian government using neo-Nazi thugs:

"It is really a stunning, willful choice by President Putin to invade another country…You just don’t in the 21st century behave in 19th century fashion by invading another country on completely trumped up pretext."

That sure is astonishing of Secretary Kerry in light of the following invasions and interventions Kerry's country, the Good Ol' USA, has engaged in this century: Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Egypt, Pakistan, Somalia, Yemen, Syria and now Ukraine. This senior citizen remembers well the 20th century version of John Kerry, a wounded and decorated Vietnam vet who spent much time last century trying to end senseless interference with other lands instead of trumpeting new ones. Forty-three years ago next month Kerry told Congress this about our criminal and failed Vietnam War:

"Each day to facilitate the process by which the United States washes her hands of Vietnam someone has to give up his life so the United States doesn't have to admit something that the entire world already knows, so that we can't say we have made a mistake. Someone has to die so that President Nixon won't be, and these are his words, 'the first President to lose a war'. We are asking Americans to think about that because how do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?

The 21st century Kerry sold his soul for power and fame to the war party which now jeopardizes every sensible US, Russian initiative in Syria and Iran to gin up another needless quagmire, this time turning Ukraine into the next failed state. All things considered, I'll take the 20th century version of Kerry who fought for peace, over the 21st century version who shills for the war party.