Kerry Trashes Bush in Baghdad

NewsMax.com ^ | Jan. 6, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

[Carl/NewsMax]

Visiting with U.S. troops in Baghdad on Thursday, failed presidential candidate John Kerry trashed Commander-in-chief George Bush for making "horrendous judgments" and "unbelievable blunders" that have undermined the war effort.

In a series of demoralizing comments first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, the defeated Democrat griped, "What is sad about what's happening here now is that so much of it is a process of catching up from the enormous miscalculations and wrong judgments made in the beginning."

Kerry said that because of the Bush administration's mistakes, "the job has been made enormously harder."

Among the errors cited by the disgruntled Democrat: the decision by former U.S. occupation leader Paul Bremer's to disband the Iraqi army and purge the government of former members of Hussein's Baath Party.

Both moves were have fueled the Sunni insurgency, he claimed, lamenting, "Mistakes have been made."

Then, perhaps sensing he'd gone too far, the 2008 White House hopeful cut short the Bush-bashing, saying, "Now, it's a different time and different set of judgments that have to be made. I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."

[I'm ALL Right!]

I despise this man. My disgust is almost as deep for him as it is for hillary.

[snopercod]

Did they boo his sorry butt?

I expect they did. More likely FUs rather than boos.

[thelastvirgil]

Kerry should don a flak jacket, hire a camera crew, and plunge into the fracas. Hell, a war hero such as he could settle this little dust-up in oh, say, four months?

[StarCMC]

I can't post my response on this thread or I will be banned from FR. If you want to know what I think, FReepmail me. GRRRRR!

[loboinok]

For once I agree with Kerry, Bremer should not have disbanded the Iraqi army.


You don't state the reason for your thinking but I would have you apply it to any past US war and the rules of war and see if that dog still hunts.

[March I up]

What follows is an excerpt from John F. Kerry: The Complete Biography by the Boston Globe Reporters Who Know Him Best. , (Boston Globe) bio of Kerry... took not long to find the cite as I anticipated:

"Three months after hostilities ceased, John Kerry attended a meeting of local Democrats in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and conceded. “I’m not convinced,” he said, “given the nature of Saddam Hussein,” that a peaceful resolution to the Kuwait invasion had been possible. Then he attacked Bush for leaving Hussein in power: “This administration, having likened Saddam Hussein to Hitler, having committed troops in the war against him, actually sided with Hussein in the aftermath of the war. That is a disgraceful chapter.”

Now, a power vacuum in the region in the early '90's was a more than intractable problem; no less today yet our CIC took it on, lessons learned from the past. Today Kerry lambastes W for disbanding Iraqi forces; then for not disbanding forces.

Would someone please slice him off a piece of the "you can have it & eat it too" cake?

Kerry's answer to the charge of being contrarian would surely be his own condemnation. What use has this country for such?

[March I up]

Oh, & since when is Kerry a '08 hopeful?

Puh-leeeze!

[ApplegateRanch]

Isn't this guy EVER going to come back to work?

You can't "come back" unless you've been & left.

Proper English morphology is, "Isn't this guy EVER going to go to work?"

I think being a Senator is his idea of Upper Class MassahChewSit's "workfare"...without the "work" part.

[mombonn]

I truly detest this guy - thank the good Lord he isn't president.

[ApplegateRanch]

If someone doesn't rein in these people pretty soon, there's going to be a civil war in THIS country.

Praise Bush, and pass the ammunition! I've already scouted and prioritized local targets...

[Deetes]

F*ing sKerry never one to love his country. What a jerk.

[alrea]

The boy needs to put the juice to campaign '08 or Ms. Clinton will flatten him.

[pctech]

Any chance some unintentional friendly fire can take him out?

[mumzie]

This act on his part makes me madder than anything he actually did during the presidential campaign!!!!

Who in the world does he think he is???

Can you imagine his commentary if a conservative went to Iraq and praised the troops? Oh - sorry - he already called Bush's visit to the troops last thanksgiving grandstanding.

sKerry - go home - stay there - we don't ever want to see your traitorous face again!!!

[Grateful One]

Wouldn't it be great if some Swiftboat vets went over to visit our troops, to apologize for this treacherous act?

[maggief]

In this photograph released by the U.S. Army, Senator John Kerry (news - web sites), D-Mass., talks with soldiers at Camp Al Tahreer in Baghdad, Iraq (news - web sites), Wednesday, Jan. 5, 2005. During his visit, Kerry discussed sports, the presidential election and the state of the war in Iraq. Pictured from left to right are Spc. Michelle Lacourse, 126th Aviation Battalion; Pfc. Kevin Cole, 356th Engineer Battalion; Spc. Michael Foly, 356th Engineer Battalion; and Sgt. Raymond Hegarty, 356th Engineer Battalion. (AP Photo/U.S. Army, Pfc. Charles Maib)

[yoe]

"Now, it's a different time and different set of judgments that have to be made.

Riiight Kerry, anyone who served sooooo much time in the service; gathered sooooo many medals in soooooo short a time, has the right to make judgments. You've made yours in spades and America made hers more clear than spades! America voted for George Bush!

What an obnoxious, arrogant looser! And he wonders why he lost!

Troops, we’re sorry you had to listen to this ugly American – as if fighting the known enemy weren’t enough……

[Unicorn]

BTTT

[T'wit]

>> the decision by former U.S. occupation leader Paul Bremer's to disband the Iraqi army and purge the government of former members of Hussein's Baath Party

In postwar Germany, Patton was heavily criticized for employing members of Hitler's National Socialist Party -- that is, for doing exactly what Kerry now recommends. If it was bad for Patton to do, why is it good for Kerry to do?

[Beckwith]

you can bet they have a whole bunch of GI's covering his ass, too bad maybe he'll wind up in a hot zone but don't count on it.

If an attack occurred, Kerry could take command, rally the troops and defeat the enemy. After all, John Kerry is a war hero and natural born leader.

(Deep sarcasm)