John Kerry-American soldiers are terrorists
John Kerry calls American soldiers terrorists.
Update for those coming over form Ober Doxology: See here and here.
Kerry Supports the Troops
The
old proverb is right: A haughty, French-looking Massachusetts leopard
who by the way served in Vietnam doesn't change its spots. John Kerry*
appeared on CBS's "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer yesterday, and
his comments on U.S. troops in Iraq were vintage 1971 (link in PDF,
quotes on pages 3-4):
Schieffer: Let me shift to another point of view, and it comes from another Democrat, Joe Lieberman of Connecticut. He takes a very different view. He says basically we should stay because, he says, real progress is being made. He said this is a war between 27 million Iraqis' freedom and 10,000 terrorists. He says we're in a watershed transformation. What about that?
Kerry: Let me--I--first of all, there is so much more that unites Democrats than divides us. And Democrats have much more in common with each other than they do with George Bush's policy right now. Now Joe Lieberman, I believe, also voted for the resolution which said the president needs to make more clear what he's doing and set out benchmarks, and that the policy hasn't been working. We all believe him when you say, 'Stay the course.' That's the president's policy, which hasn't been changing, which is a policy of failure. I don't agree with that. But I think what we need to do is recognize what we all agree on, which is you've got to begin to set benchmarks for accomplishment. You've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis.
And there is no reason, Bob, that young American soldiers need to be going into the homes of Iraqis in the dead of night, terrorizing kids and children, you know, women, breaking sort of the customs of the--of--the historical customs, religious customs. Whether you like it or not--
Schieffer: Yeah.
Kerry: --Iraqis should be doing that.
Terrorizing kids and children and breaking sort of the customs! Didn't "Jenjis Khan" used to do stuff like that in Vietnam? Note, too, that Kerry isn't against this per se; he just thinks Iraqis should be doing it. It's highly reminiscent of Vietnam, only back then Kerry's words carried some weight because he sold himself as a veteran against the war, whereas now he's just the junior senator from Massachusetts.
* Do we really need a footnote when we describe him in the text?
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Comment by Conservative Consortium— 2005/12/05 @ 06:40 AM — (Reply)
What a traitor and hater of the troops to say something like this.
"You've got to begin to transfer authority to the Iraqis."
isn't that what's happening?
This guy is a fool, no wonder he wasn't elected.
Comment by Bozwell— 2005/12/05 @ 07:22 PM — (Reply)
Comment by Elmers Brother— 2005/12/05 @ 07:25 PM — (Reply)
"Let me--I--first of all, there is so much more that unites Democrats than divides us."
Yeah.....right! Let us know when you decide what those things are, bubba.
Comment by Gravelrash— 2005/12/05 @ 09:56 PM — (Reply)
I say...go ahead and let those bozos Kerry and Dean continue to speak for the jackass Democrats....it can only help the opposition.
Comment by ronnie— 2005/12/05 @ 11:55 PM — (Reply)
Comment by C-Mom— 2005/12/06 @ 04:08 AM — (Reply)
I saw the interview and read the transcript at another site. Saying that John Kerry called American troops terrorist is a little out of content but not by much. American troops are entering homes looking for weapon cachets and insurgents and risking their lives while doing it. John Kerry has lost touch with what it was like being in the military. My guess is that he smoked so much weed that he doesn't really remember. Thank God this man isn't sitting in the White House.
Comment by American Crusader— 2005/12/07 @ 03:03 PM — (Reply)
Crusader:
Did he ever have a grip as to what it means to be soldier?Comment by Always On Watch— 2005/12/07 @ 05:08 PM — (Reply)
kerry was no soldier, going to war does not make you a soldier, honoring and respecting your country during and after a war does. l believe some one here called him a leopard, l think if l was to compare him to an animal, a weasel will be in order.
Comment by — 2005/12/08 @ 05:12 PM — (Reply)