The Great Equivocator, again, on Iraq
The Great Equivocator, Sen. John F. Kerry is at it again. As readers of this space know, I've been pointing out Sen. Kerry's vote in favor of the war in Iraq for some time. Well, yesterday, on Veterans Day of all days, Sen. Kerry chose to play politics with the brave men and women that have died fighting a war he voted for but chose not to fund (recall his vote against $85 billion in support of our troops.)
Anyway, the letter I submitted this morning to the Boston Globe:
Editor,
Yesterday, the Great Equivocator, Sen. John F. Kerry said he voted for the war in Iraq based on "contentions by an administration that turned out to have engaged in 'cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition'" (President steps up attack on war critics, November 12, A1).
The first sentence of the lead story in the August 10, 2004 Boston Globe was, "John F. Kerry for the first time yesterday said he still would have voted to give President Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq, even if he had known in October 2002 that US intelligence was flawed, that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, and that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
That anyone thinks Sen. Kerry has any credibility at all on the war on terror is laughable; Sen. Kerry made his "if I knew then what I know now" comment 17 months after the U.S and her many allies engaged the enemy in Iraq! Does the Senator really mean to suggest with all of his experience and "foreign affairs gravitas (that's me laughing again)" that President Bush was able to fool him for 17 months and more? Is he wasting his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? Is he incapable of asking any tough questions? Is he suggesting that brave men and women of the Armed Forces are dying because of his complete and total inability to do his job? If he is being "fooled" by the dolt that everyone thinks the President to be, how truly incompetent must the Senator be?
President Bush's quote yesterday, "While it is perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began," is exactly right. Senator Kerry's nuancing of his ever-changing position on the war (voting for it and then voting against the funding of it, for another example), especially on Veterans Day, is despicable. He should either start doing his job or resign; the brave men and women in the Armed Forces deserve better and the voters of Massachusetts should not continue to be embarrassed by his gross dereliction of duty. (End of letter)
The Senator had 17 months to review his vote, that is an eternity in political Monday morning quarterbacking, and he still would have voted for the war knowing what he knew on August 9, 2004.
The Great Equivocator, Sen. John F. Kerry is at it again. As readers of this space know, I've been pointing out Sen. Kerry's vote in favor of the war in Iraq for some time. Well, yesterday, on Veterans Day of all days, Sen. Kerry chose to play politics with the brave men and women that have died fighting a war he voted for but chose not to fund (recall his vote against $85 billion in support of our troops.)
Anyway, the letter I submitted this morning to the Boston Globe:
Editor,
Yesterday, the Great Equivocator, Sen. John F. Kerry said he voted for the war in Iraq based on "contentions by an administration that turned out to have engaged in 'cherry-picking intelligence and stretching the truth beyond recognition'" (President steps up attack on war critics, November 12, A1).
The first sentence of the lead story in the August 10, 2004 Boston Globe was, "John F. Kerry for the first time yesterday said he still would have voted to give President Bush the authority to go to war in Iraq, even if he had known in October 2002 that US intelligence was flawed, that Iraq did not have weapons of mass destruction, and that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
That anyone thinks Sen. Kerry has any credibility at all on the war on terror is laughable; Sen. Kerry made his "if I knew then what I know now" comment 17 months after the U.S and her many allies engaged the enemy in Iraq! Does the Senator really mean to suggest with all of his experience and "foreign affairs gravitas (that's me laughing again)" that President Bush was able to fool him for 17 months and more? Is he wasting his time on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee? Is he incapable of asking any tough questions? Is he suggesting that brave men and women of the Armed Forces are dying because of his complete and total inability to do his job? If he is being "fooled" by the dolt that everyone thinks the President to be, how truly incompetent must the Senator be?
President Bush's quote yesterday, "While it is perfectly legitimate to criticize my decision or the conduct of the war, it is deeply irresponsible to rewrite the history of how that war began," is exactly right. Senator Kerry's nuancing of his ever-changing position on the war (voting for it and then voting against the funding of it, for another example), especially on Veterans Day, is despicable. He should either start doing his job or resign; the brave men and women in the Armed Forces deserve better and the voters of Massachusetts should not continue to be embarrassed by his gross dereliction of duty. (End of letter)
The Senator had 17 months to review his vote, that is an eternity in political Monday morning quarterbacking, and he still would have voted for the war knowing what he knew on August 9, 2004.
posted by Zack at 10:54 AM
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