Posted on 01/06/2005 8:49:58 AM PST by 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."
Great job, Seadog. Happy New Year to you!
LOL When I was about 5 I used to pretend I was Superman.
What a collosal ego...
"horrendous Judgments and unbelievable blunders..."
A Senator and presidential candidate says this to our troops in the theater of war? And the MSM snoozes? This is both demoralization of the servicemen and reinforcement to the enemy. There can be no other interpretation. It is long past time for this piece of s..t to be indicted for treason and/or sedition. This should be the lead for all the news shows, not a discussion of U.S. stinginess. I wonder if the troops gave him a standing ovation like they did to the hated Rumsfeld (sarcasm).
John Kerry is pathetic. No class, no dignity, no judgement.
You make a good point. It would be interesting to find a speech of his from 2 yrs. ago where he was "warning" of all this then. RUSH WHERE ARE YOU?
Algore seems so sane and patriotic now. Even after having a dozen psychotic meltdowns in just the last year.
I wonder if there is any video of troop reaction to his visit and words?
They probably weren't allow to have their weapons loaded, Its like 1983 Beirut all over again, Kerry dropping bombs in front of the troops and their not allowed to shoot first and ask the Senator questions later.
The fact that he pulled as many votes as he did this past election really makes me fear Hillary in 08. That such a percentage of the people voted for this commie only proves that the masses are asses.
FWIW, C-130s cannot fly into Falluja. I know it's just a minor detail.
I believe that despite the fact that the loss of a single life is tragic, the KIA numbers are VERY low so far.
Luv the keywords, added one of my own, LOL.
" failed presidential candidate John Kerry trashed Commander-in-chief George Bush"
===
Bump/Ping
I'm jumping in without having read this thread all the way through, because I've had it with this dem talking point. My fiance was on Franks' staff during the run into Bagdhad. He says this is a red herring...this "keeping the Iraqi army together" bs....the "Army" was either decimated or they all took the uniforms off and ran home. There was NO army to keep together.
Dem talking point, dem talking point, dem talking point....
Re airmen: righto, from the wife of a Force Recon Marine. (and Air Force wives kind of snivel too!)
As explanation though: for those not too familiar with service rivalries... we stick together, joint is good, but just realize there are differing perspectives. This is how we had Vietnam Vets Against the War in Vietnam/Kerry's era. If you look at the membership, you will see that very few, if any, members actually saw REAL combat. Likewise on Kerry's side for this past election. He could boast military supporters, but for the most part NONE of them were combat veterans. Most of them only served a few years. Very few on his list were career combat vets with any realistic experience (unless they were up for some cushy job in his potential administration).
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.