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."
I wholeheartedly agree. I don't give a damn what this idiot thinks in the comfort of his own home sipping some French wine, but to actually stay those things in front of the troops makes me livid.
Maybe politicians need to take an oath like physicians take in regard to doing no harm. Every time he opens his mouth, he does harm to our troops.
The Traitor speaks...sore loser!
And when we all hit our knees tonight we can thank God that this clown was not elected POTUS!
Semper Fi,
Kelly
I'll bet the troops were required to leave their weapons at the door for that visit...
Isn't this guy EVER going to come back to work?
There. That's much closer to the truth.
Absolutely. He should have written a confidential report and forward his conclusions to the White House and the Defense Department.
Not only he's demoralizing our troops and encouraging terrorists, he's making sure anything he has to say will be considered political hogwash.
There is a difference between being a statesman and being a politician.
Was Kerry in front of troops when he made these stupid remarks?
Once again, my sommelier was outraged!
There may be particular issues in certain places, but the "good will" efforts are much more than you apparently know of.
I have pictures, stories, and even forwarded E-mails from Iraqi civilians which are in conflict with any notion that "good will" is not being applied over there.
They presented a Purple Heart today to a real Hero with the complete ceremony on the Regis Philbin show this morning! It was aweinspiring complete with the entire extended family and the Commander and Honor Guard with the National Anthem honoring a REAL HERO.
| 1. | betrayal of country: violation of the allegiance owed by a person to his or her own country, for example, by aiding an enemy. See also high treason |
| 2. | treachery: betrayal or disloyalty |
| 3. | act of betrayal: an act of betrayal or disloyalty |
[12th century. Via Anglo-Norman treisoun , “treacherous handing over, betrayal,” from the Latin stem tradition- , from tradere , “to hand over” (source of English traitor, betrayal, and tradition).]
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Kerry, "I am here to give aid and comfort to the enemy, since I lost the election - so there!."
Yep, once a traitor, always a traitor.
A leapord cannot change his spots, nor a tiger his stripes...
Now, we all know why Kerry was there.
He had to give back all the $$$ that he didn't use for his campaign.
Well, I think he is not demoralizing our troops cause I think they all know better than that. However what he is doing and saying on foreign soil to me encourages the enemy and if that isn't treason I don't know what is. Seems the Senator hasn't changed much from when he testified back in the 60's. He should hang his head in shame.
I suppose it's hard for the jerk to break a lifetime habit of making bad choices and miscalculations. What a loser!
What a despicable dirt bag.
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