Kerry was AWOL? hahahahahhaha
Let MOVE ON know immediately. They'll demand all his records.....NOT
Correct me if I am wrong, but if Kerry had a six year, six month enlistment then he would have been guilty of treason for his antiwar actions and testimony and his trip to Paris to meet with the commies
In any event, it does answer the question - I think it was about his 'Reserve duy' but already. . .cannot remember. . .but the answer IS here!
HE SAID CHECK THE RECORD
Sen. John Kerry, Democrat from Massachusetts says he is
the strongest Presidential Candidate on National Defense ! He said
Check the Record..
We Did !
Here is what we learned:
He voted to kill the Bradley Fighting Vehicle
He voted to kill the M-1 Abrams Tank
He voted to kill every Aircraft carrier laid down from 1988
He voted to kill the Aegis anti aircraft system
He voted to Kill the F-15 strike eagle
He voted to Kill the Block 60 F-16
He voted to Kill the P-3 Orion upgrade
He voted to Kill the B-1
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the Patriot anti Missile system
He voted to Kill the FA-18
He voted to Kill the B-2
He voted to Kill the F117
He voted to kill every military appropriation for the development
and deployment of every weapons systems since 1988,
including a bill for battle armor for our troops.
> > > > > > > > It is most likely, with Sen. John Kerry as President and Commander in Chief of our Armed Services, that they will cease to function making it impossible for our country to protect itself.
> > > > > > > > John Kerry voted to kill all anti-terrorism activities of each and every agency of the U.S. Government.
> > > > > > > > He voted to cut the funding of the FBI by 60%.
> > > > > > > > He voted to cut the funding for the CIA by 80%.
> > > > > > > > He voted to cut the funding for the NSA by 80%.
> > > > > > > > THEN, and this is abhorrent to almost every American Voter be you Democrat, Republican or Independent, he voted to increase OUR funding for U.N operations by 800% !!
> > > > > > > > Ask yourself Is THIS the person you want as President of these United States providing for the Common Defense of the Nation and be the Leader of the Free World ?
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Voting history can be accessed through Senate voting records.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/kerry/weapons.asp
> > > > > > > > The above is an accurate summary
The real issue about Kerry's reserve status has to do with his meeting with the Vietnamese communists in Paris while still in the Naval Reserves and subject to recall.
Kerry got out a bit after I did, but at that time Richard Nixon had had a chance to get things in order and it was clear that folks who'd completed their active duty obligations probably didn't need to be kept on a short leash. Besides, some of them, like me for example, had a really, really, really bad attitude toward the draftdodgers then bulging the ranks of the Reserves and the National Guard and probably would treat those people like the $hit they were!
That would not be conducive to good order, eh?!
Like Bob Dole, I'd rather see some blood.
KERRY WENT AWOL ON 3 JAN 1970...WHERE HAS HE BEEN...HE'S BEEN WHINNING AND COMPLAINING ABOUT THE VIETNAM WAR...
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Kerry is a traitor! Bump!
"That's what I'm talking about" ping.
No, it actually shows a complete lack of understanding about the Reserves.
Here is a good explaination of various terms involving the reserve components from a DoD site.
As you can see the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR), a manpower pool in the Ready Reserve, primarily consists of: Individuals who have had training, have served previously in the Active component or the Selected Reserve, and have some period of a military obligation remaining. IRR members are in an active status, but do not perform regularly scheduled training.
Kerry was an IRR. His contract only required him to be ready reservist, not a selected reservist.
Not even all Selected (aka active) reservists serve 17 days active duty for training and 48 drills. In two different periods as an individual mobilization augmentee (IMA), I was only requried to do 24 drills and 12-14 days of active duty each year. (I ususaly did 28 or 32 drills, but the extras were "points only", IOW no pay. There are many categories of ready reservists. Unit reservists, and some IMAs are Cat A, the "usual" 17 days days active duty plus 48 drills (24 days or 12 weekends). Cat. B, which most IMAs are is the 12-14 days (two duty weeks plus travel days as required) active duty plus 24 drills.
The guy is a slime, a traitor, and when he went to Paris to meet with the VC and NV delegations, he was in violation of US law. None of that had a thing to do with his reserve status however. Reservists not on active duty (even for a short period of training, and not performing inactive duty training are not subject to the UCMJ, regardless of what "everyone knows" or "scuttlebutt". Look it up. Such incorrect information just detracts from the credibility of those spreading it. There's plenty in Kerry's record to find fault with. We don't need to make stuff up. For example his DD-214 shows him transferred to the reserve as a LT(jg) (O-2), whereas he claims to have been promoted to LT (O-3).
BTTT!!!!!!