*OT* Richard, Bush is completely unprepared to run this country. His statement at the Republican National Convention that "some military units are not currently prepared to fight a war," was completely wrong and an insult to US Military Operations and Personnel. You call Bush a Commander in Chief!!!!!!!!!
Bush is losing a tremendous amount of credibility amongst the American people as each day passes. This reminds me of his father who had the gaul to tell the American People in 1992 that everything was beautiful while this country was going through a mild recession.
Bush is no leader.
By Bob Kemper
Chicago Tribune Staff Writer
August 27, 2000 7:45 p.m. CDT
AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican presidential nominee George W. Bush was wrong when he charged in his convention speech that some military units are not currently prepared to fight a war, Bush's running mate, Richard Cheney, conceded Sunday.
Cheney acknowledged in a series of television interviews that Bush had used out-of-date data when he charged Aug. 3 that two of the Army's 10 divisions had deteriorated under the watch of the Clinton administration to the point that they are not prepared for battle.
"If called on by the commander-in-chief today," Bush told the convention, "two entire divisions of the Army would have to report, "Not ready for duty, sir."'
Those remarks were based on an Army report done last year. And while it was true then that the divisions were over-extended and temporarily could not meet combat readiness requirements, conditions have improved and both now are ready to fight, former and current defense officials have said. |
