"Asked point blank if Kerry was qualified to be Commander-in-Chief, Franks said, "Absolutely."
The Iraq war chief was adressing allegations by Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, a group of Vietnam Veterans who served with Kerry who have chronicled evidence of his misconduct as a swiftboat commander in the new bestselling book, "Unfit for Command."
Gen. Franks said he was proud of being "fiercely independent" in his politics, but he told "This Week" that he's leaning towards supporting President Bush and acknowledged he's in talks with GOP planners for a possible address to the Republican Convention on Aug. 29."
I would think he can probably forget about addressing the convention now. We will see.
The Iraq war chief, who never served one minute with Kerry, was adressing allegations by Swiftboat Veterans for Truth, a group of Vietnam Veterans who served actually did serve with Kerry...
There, that's better.