KERRY TELLS TIME HE WILL ‘ALMOST CERTAINLY’ SEND HIS OWN TEAM TO IRAQ

drudgereport.com ^ | Sun Mar 07 2004 09:07:19 ET | drudge

[garyhope]

Why doesn't Frogman himself go?.....Hey, they got real bullets 'n bombs there, a guy could get himself killed there. One of them "suicide bombers" could hit the wrong guy and frag him.

I'd hate to see that. Yeah,...that's the ticket. That would be terrible!

[hershey]

I hope Kerry goes to Iraq (he won't, God forbid he get anywhere near gunfire), and takes Moore, Streisand, and the rest of the Hollywood libs along, too. It would look terrible, a hijacking of US foreign policy. Even the general dumb public would understand that, esp. those with family members serving over there.

[cricket]

"Heck, I was on a picket boat near Danang for a whole year! I should be Emperor of Earth!"

Don't give Kerry any ideas! Of course, he already acts like that is a possibility. . .

[hershey]

Well, for funding, Soros and Teraysa (Lovie) come to mind right off the bat. Then there's the Hollywood left -- esp. if they get to go along, too. Authority, though...gee. Well, that's unimportant. The important thing is nuance.

[cricket]

Well, as I mentioned; the Good News is that Bush. . .so far. . .is standing firm on these ads which he defended in interview yesterday.

Perhaps next time he is asked; he will throw in the Heinz-Kerry 'tie-ins' to these Left-wing ingrates.

Truth is always the first casualty of the Left.

[Seruzawa]

“Some of these issues are very complicated and deserve more than a simplistic this or that,”

Yeah and it's that attitude that gives us a Jimmy Carter who thinks that Kim Jong-Il is a nice guy. Can't see the forest for the trees. Kerry is another of these fools who doesn't think that PA terrorist are evil, just "deluded". Republicans are evil though.

What an @$$.

[VadeRetro]

HE WILL ‘ALMOST CERTAINLY’ SEND HIS OWN TEAM TO IRAQ

But will they negotiate a separate peace?

[Mike Darancette]

Kerry says he learned from Vietnam, where he served as a swift boat commander, that you go to war only if all other options fail and that you had better make certain you are prepared to do what it takes to secure peace afterward.

How can serving as rocket bait on a swift boat prepare you for making geopolitical pronouncements? Or is mentioning Vietnam "Waving the Bloody Shirt" again?

[reformedliberal]

I have noticed that the Iraqis are quick to shoot down misconceptions of their progress. Everyone, of all persuasions, who has come back have had to report positives. Except for Hillary who pretends that the troops who were ordered to meet w/her after no one volunteered spoke to her off the record and were mainly complaining of lack of everything. Not one quote to substantiate this, except the usual wankers who were anti-war before their service and only signed up for the bennies.

The Constitution will be signed tomorrow.

Casualties are down.

Oil is flowing.

Contracts are being let to many firms, all nationalities.

Rebuilding is proceeding.

Troops are coming home. This is the important thing, IMO, because they will tell their families and friends the truth.

I think Kerry is afraid to go to Iraq. The troops do not like him and they are not allowed to voice their political opinions while there....and maybe while active duty, I am not totally clear on this, as some seem to come out in support of W.

FNC has had fun the past few days w/the North Korea support for Kerry. They do have a wide viewership, including liberals, so this is good.

The funny thing about the Left is that they keep on using the same tactics, decade after decade. The present MO is exactly what they did during Vietnam. Many of us who were duped then will never be duped again. I know several men in their 50s who have felt guilty for a decade (since they grew up) about not having served in VN. These men respect those who did. They hate Kerry and the media. At the same time, many phonies have come out of the woodwork pretending to have been Nam vets. Service is something respected by most Americans, especially from volunteers. Our troops are so professional and so talented that there is no way to diss them, so the attacks have to be on W and Rummy.

The media is lying all the time. I read the same Biden quotes you refer to and they were positive.

[savedbygrace]

Kerry says he learned from Vietnam, where he served as a swift boat commander, that you go to war only if all other options fail and that you had better make certain you are prepared to do what it takes to secure peace afterward.

So this is where Kerry learned how to miss 62% of the votes in the Senate, by his Vietnam experience in which he demanded to be let out after only four months. I wondered about that.

[garyhope]

Gee, Thanks Bay for that photo of Mr. Fat Treasonous Pig. You ruined my breakfast.

Michael Moore, YUCK, I can't stand the swine.

[cricket]

"For myself: Months spent in Viet Nam - 18. Months spent in “anti-America;anti-Vietnam War” - 0. Votes for Hanoi John - 0."

. . .a record of an American Patriot.

. . .and Hanoi John, is still following his passion.

[OldFriend]

Is he going to tell the troops that victory is uncertain, as Senator Clinton told the soldiers?

[mass55th]

"At the same time, many phonies have come out of the woodwork pretending to have been Nam vets."

And Kerry wrapped himself in their folds.

[DustyMoment]

Kerry can granstand all he wants on Iraq. The fact of the matter is that no less than 2 (count'em) 2 BIPARTISAN committees have gone to Iraq and discovered unequivocally that the press has lied about Iraq from the beginning and has ONLY focused on the negative vs. the positive that has occurred since we removed Hussein from power.

I can hardly wait for JFKerry's version of the "truth" about Iraq. It should be about as believable as his claims that he supports the American military.

[Per-Ling]

We in the military are not to espouse any candidate while in a uniformed status. We are not to attend rallies in uniform, we are to refrain from having bumper stickers and signs in the yard. We are certainly allowed to have our discussions amongst ourselves and the vast, vast majority are behind President Bush. Of course, there is the usual crowd of 21-year-old "I'm-just-here-for-the-college-money" crowd.

[garyhope]

Me, I'm Mr. Binary.

I think everything is "Real Simple", black or white. Your'e dead or alive, rich or poor, hot or cold, smart or dumb. John Wayne or todays "stars". You're with me or against me, free or enslaved. Us vs them. Pre or post 9/11. "Liberal" or realistic.

I could go on. I know it's oversimplification, but I'm sure you get my point. Screw "nuance", "Just win baby".

[OrioleFan]

And why doesn't he have an Iraq policy now? After all, he continually claims he knows better....

The Kerry policy is "Bring It On". What the heck that means is beyond me. All he ever says is "if Mr. Bush wants to use foreign policy as an issue, Bring It On!" No one in his adoring press ever asked if he had a policy. He didn't, and this is the proof. Kerry has morphed himself into Dean to eliminate Dean, morphed himself into Edwards to eliminate Edwards, and now he'll try to morph himself into President Bush. It was easy to turn a liberal into a liberal. You can't turn a liberial into a conservative. This is a perfect time for conservatives to hammer home the true Kerry foreign policy that the "War on Terrorism is Exaggerated." That should be playing in ads across the country with, yes, images of the 911 terrorists. It should be pointed out that the Clinton-Gore response to terrorist acts on this country was law enforcement, and that is the same approach Kerry will take. If Gore or Kerry was President we would be two and a half years past 911 and the FBI would still be sifting through the rubble while Saddam was handing Osama bio-weapons and US cities burned. Kerry is Nero re-incarnated.

[Poodlebrain]

“I don’t think war is nuanced at all. I think how you take a nation to war is the most fundamental decision a President makes,” Kerry says, “and there’s nothing nuanced at all about keeping your promises. There is nothing nuanced about exhausting remedies that give you legitimacy and consent to go to war. And I refuse ever to accept the notion that anything I’ve suggested with respect to Iraq was nuanced. It was clear. It was precise. It was, in fact, prescient. It was ahead of the curve about what the difficulties were. And that is precisely what a President is supposed to be. I think I was right, 100% correct, about how you should have done Iraq.”

I could spend weeks pointing out the outrages in this paragraph alone.

The statement, "...there’s nothing nuanced at all about keeping your promises." begs the question, "When you met with the enemy of the United States in Paris did you keep the promise of the oath you took as a Naval officer, and how so?"

Second, "It was, in fact, prescient." This is the most arrogant statement I've ever read by a politician. Kerry has offered no alternative plans or policies. He states clearly that he needs to send observers to Iraq to formulate policies. And yet he was ahead of the curve. What utter BS.

"I think I was right, 100% correct, about how you should have done Iraq.” Are you an American? If so, shouldn't you use the third person plural, we, instead of the the second person plural, you? Afterall, you voted to authorize the use of force that we used to liberate Iraq.

[fella]

The report is aleady written so why bother to send a handful of his henchmen over there ... unless ... they've f***ed up and are to be punished.