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Kerry Trashes Bush in Baghdad
NewsMax.com ^ | Jan. 6, 2005 | Carl Limbacher

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."


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1 posted on 01/06/2005 8:49:58 AM PST by Carl/NewsMax
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Hanoi John revisited...


2 posted on 01/06/2005 8:50:58 AM PST by NCjim
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What's Ketchup Boy doing in Baghdad?


3 posted on 01/06/2005 8:51:33 AM PST by mhking (Do not mess with dragons, for thou art crunchy & good with ketchup...)
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To: Carl/NewsMax
"I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."
4 posted on 01/06/2005 8:51:43 AM PST by goodnesswins (Tax cuts, Tax reform, social security reform, Supreme Court, etc.....the next 4 years.....)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Kerry doing what he does best, demoralizing our troops and undermining the US. Way to go, Comrade Kerry!


5 posted on 01/06/2005 8:51:47 AM PST by MisterRepublican ("I must go. I must be elusive.")
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To: Carl/NewsMax

A good example of poor judgement and example why he should never have even been considered for the oval office.


6 posted on 01/06/2005 8:51:58 AM PST by ladtx ( "Remember your regiment and follow your officers." Captain Charles May, 2d Dragoons, 9 May 1846)
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To: NCjim

Except this time he's not waiting to get back to the US to bash it.


7 posted on 01/06/2005 8:52:00 AM PST by finnman69 (cum puella incedit minore medio corpore sub quo manifestus globus, inflammare animos)
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To: Carl/NewsMax

Looks like Lurch is already running for 2008. What an anti-American jerkoff.


8 posted on 01/06/2005 8:52:24 AM PST by dirtboy (To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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You have got to be kidding me!

In Iraq, talking to the troops about how awful their CIC is. Thank goodness this idiot didn't get elected. (I am so angry right now!)

9 posted on 01/06/2005 8:52:29 AM PST by arizonarachel (Prayer works!)
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To: NCjim

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


10 posted on 01/06/2005 8:52:56 AM PST by Taylor42
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"I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."

Someone needs to remind Lurch that he lost the election, and as a result those are still Bush's judgements to make.

11 posted on 01/06/2005 8:53:16 AM PST by dirtboy (To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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"I'm here to make judgments about what moves are available to us."

Someone needs to remind Lurch that he lost the election, and as a result those are still Bush's judgements to make.

12 posted on 01/06/2005 8:53:17 AM PST by dirtboy (To make a pearl, you must first irritate an oyster)
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What's Ketchup Boy doing in Baghdad?

Judging from his remarks, he's there to aid the insurgents.

13 posted on 01/06/2005 8:53:30 AM PST by Uncle Vlad
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Please tell me he didn't really say this to our troops IN Iraq.

Did they boo his sorry butt?


14 posted on 01/06/2005 8:53:40 AM PST by nuffsenuff
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I'm surprised the butthead didn't get booed off the stage... actually no I'm not. I find people in uniforms have so much more class than those in suits.
15 posted on 01/06/2005 8:53:41 AM PST by rhombus
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This is over the top! Lets get a movement going to get this piece of human excrement CENSURED by the United States Senate.


16 posted on 01/06/2005 8:54:00 AM PST by DarthVader
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I'm sure his visit and speech did a lot to boost troop morale. What a patriot!


18 posted on 01/06/2005 8:54:09 AM PST by Cincinatus (Omnia relinquit servare Republicam)
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To: NCjim

Has he submitted for a Purple Heart yet for jet lag?


19 posted on 01/06/2005 8:54:14 AM PST by Daus
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To: arizonarachel

Maybe they can give him a warm welcome: a code red.


20 posted on 01/06/2005 8:54:38 AM PST by MinstrelBoy (What will you do without freedom?!)
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