Courtesey unclewest:
I don't know how civilians will relate to this...But I know with certainty that Vets are much more interested in what Vets who actually served with Kerry say.
We have some 500 senior diplomats and 420 Generals on active duty today. Lord only knows how many more are retired. MY guess is over 2,000 more.
Kerry claims 26 of the 3,000 support him...OK, no big deal, I'll give him that.
What is he going to brag about on Tuesday?
A group of 26 former senior diplomats and military officials, several appointed to key positions by Republican Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, plans to issue a joint statement this week arguing that President George W. Bush has damaged America's national security and should be defeated in November.
Other portions of the story on the front page highlight the theme that these officials served under Republicans as well as Democrats:
Those signing the document, which will be released in Washington on Wednesday, include 20 former U.S. ambassadors, appointed by presidents of both parties, to countries including Israel, the former Soviet Union and Saudi Arabia.
Others are senior State Department officials from the Carter, Reagan and Clinton administrations and former military leaders, including retired Marine Gen. Joseph P. Hoar, the former commander of U.S. forces in the Middle East under President Bush's father. Hoar is a prominent critic of the war in Iraq. |
