I totally feel his pain. I recently retired after 22 years of service and Kerry is doing the same thing now that he did in 1971. He is falsely accusing the military of not being competent in Tora Bora and in Al Quaqaa. Again he does this for political self gratification and even though he says he is not criticizing the troops in fact he is. The President does not micro manage daily operations in Iraq. We have the best trained and equipt military in all the world and John Kerry refuses to acknowledge it. Every time he or his pundits say the President did not have enough troops on the ground in Iraq at the outset I want to scream because I was there part of thousands of troops that were in standby in Kuwait, Dahran, Bahrain etc. In stand by in case Sadaam's army proved to be tougher then it was. We were only allowed to return home after the Fall of Baghdad and in coordination with the recommendations of the Tommy Franks and the Generals in the field. Kerry makes me sick. He has no idea how to fight a war in the 21st century. He remembers vietnam and thinks you need thousands of troops to take imaginery hills. He would be the worst thing for the military ever and in my opinion he would turn our military over the UN for them to use at their disposal. I pray for our troops everyday and I pray that John Kerry will not be given the opportunity to ruin the best fighting force in the world today. Thank You and thanks to your son for continuing to keep us safe.
We are forever grateful for your 22 years, Tom.
The thought of them twisting in the wind for another year or so, dying for a losing cause until Kerry decides enough time has passed for him to declare victory and then bring them home, is abominating.