Posted on 08/13/2004 7:53:53 PM PDT by RWR8189
MEMORANDUM TO: OPINION LEADERS
FROM: GARY SCHMITT
SUBJECT: "Get our troops home" - Part II: Is Kerry undermining the effort in Iraq right now?
Sen. Kerry's recent emphasis on getting our troops home - "where they belong" - not only has implications for the broader war on terror but also for the current conflict in Iraq. With his repeated promises to "bring the troops home," Kerry may be damaging international efforts to reconstruct and stabilize Iraq right now.
Experts in counterinsurgency know that the key to defeating an insurgent force is gaining and keeping the support of the population in which the insurgency operates. And the key to gaining that public support is not only providing the people with a reasonable level of personal security now, but also convincing them that they will continue to enjoy security and stability in the future. Only when a population is no longer intimidated by insurgents in their midst, and only when a population thinks the government and allied forces will eventually win, will an insurgency begin losing the cover it needs to survive.
Sen. Kerry's repeated assertion that he will bring American forces home in his first year in office may be undermining the effort to stabilize Iraq even today. For Kerry is signaling both our friends and enemies in Iraq that the U.S. may not remain in Iraq for as long as needed to create stability, that the United States may be short of breath and looking for the exits. It does not help for Kerry to make airy promises about bringing other international forces into Iraq to replace the American forces he plans to withdraw. No Iraqi, friend or foe, can believe the French or Germans are on their way to Iraq next year, even if Kerry is president. Under the circumstances, suggesting that other states will step in to help carry the burden when no one believes that is likely just reaffirms in Iraqi minds that Kerry may want to pull the plug on our operations in Iraq and thus abandon the goal of creating a decent, stable and representative government in Iraq.
Sen. Kerry seems to be vacillating, almost on a daily basis, between an impulse to be responsible on such issues as Iraq and a tendency to play to the left-wing isolationism now rampant in the Democratic Party. We would urge him to take the responsible course now on Iraq and stop talking about pulling out the troops if elected. After all, Kerry might actually find himself in the White House, and then he will reap the consequences if his campaign rhetoric undermines international efforts to secure a stable Iraq.
Why not? He betrayed men who were fighting in Vietnam with his damnable lies. He has a record of screwing our armed forces to the wall.
This is typical Kerry. He hates the military. He doesn't think it's necessary to protect the US. with friends like France, everyone should be very worried if Kerry is elected
Kerry's reckless disregard for the lives of fighting US Troops and leaving the heavy work for the Brothers left behind, is nothing new to this Traitor.
There is really only one thing that this guy is consistent on......he lies and he doesn't give a hoot as to the death and damage that his lies might cause.
PING- KERRY n IRAQ
A ship in the harbour is safe....
But that's not what ships are for.
It would seem he's been undermining our troops since the day he joined the Navy. Why would he stop now?
He's gonna soon break out a tune:
"Now come on all of you big strong men...."
Duh. Does a bear..............?
Yup!
Kerry and the whole democratic party except a few ,has continued to undermined our troops and efforts in this war,They are more interested in political power then the welfare of our nation.The party that hope everything goes wrong for America!
He's definitely consistent.
I think our taglines are soul mates.
He's definitely consistent.
I think our taglines are soul mates.
He's giving our enemies reason to fight harder and hold out as long as possible.
Even General Giap admitted that after the Tet Offensive in Vietnam,our enemies felt they had lost the war until the American antiwar crowd's activities convinced them that our will to fight would be undermined at home if they could just hold out.
They did.The rest is history.
Kerry was a traitor then and he is now.
Didn't Kerry vote for the 87 billion before he didn't vote for it. Hasn't he voted against every single weapon system in the last 25 years.
I suppose Marines should fight with matchsticks instead of having body armour, ammo, and armour for their Hum Vees.
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