Kerry Sides With Insurgents, Again: Our Friends and Allies Die, Again
by Michael Ashbury
Friday, October 01, 2004
Vietnam recently celebrated the 29th anniversary of the fall of Saigon and the withdrawal of American troops. In observance of the day, Gen. Vo Nguyen Giap and Col. Bui Tin both gave credit to their friends in the U.S. anti-war movement and especially people like Jane Fonda, Ramsey Clark, and John Kerry for their efforts to bring the war to an end. They said that it was the anti-war movement that gave their people the motivation to continue fighting even when they felt that the U.S. forces might overpower them.
They especially credited John Kerry's speech before the U.S. Senate for weakening the U.S. government's resolve, and inspiring the Vietnamese people to continue their fight--a fight which they felt would have been concluded sooner had the U.S. presented a solid front towards completing the action.
How many Americans and South Vietnamese lost their lives in this longest conflict in the history ofthe United States because ill informed Americans? From 1970 to 1973 when John Kerry was fighting the war at home and throwing his medals across the Capital wall, 9,000 American soldiers lost their lives and another 37,000 were wounded--many with lifetime injuries. And almost 800 American prisoners of war suffered additional abuse because Kerry legitimized the idea that they were criminals for committing atrocities against the people of Vietnam.
There are untold stories of POW's who faced increased punishment after John Kerry's atrocity-declaration before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Also, an additional 100,000 South Vietnamese were killed because of this extended war and the fact that they had to unconditionally surrender when the United States pulled out.
Now John Kerry and his friends on the left are pulling the same trick on the soldiers and our friends in Iraq. For the past eight months they have emboldened the insurgents in Iraq by holding out hope that the United States doesn't have the resolve to continue the fight for democracy and we will cut and run as we did in Vietnam.
Since the initiation of the Democrat primaries, John Kerry and his supporters have daily called the war illegitimate and that if they are in charge they will pull our troops out, if not today in a matter of months. All the insurgents have to do is keep up the pressure and Iraq will become a sanctuary from which they can foster their hatred against the West and have the oil resources to support their activities. During this period the daily rhetoric has cost almost 600 American and Coalition lives, and scores of Iraqis who were trying to build a better life for their people.
John Kerry even added insult to injury by failing to meet with Iraq's Prime Minister Ayad Allawi or even be present during his recent speech before the U.S. Senate. The message that was sent to the insurgents in Iraq, by the man who wants to be the next U.S. president, was that this Ayad Allawi is not a legitimate voice for the people of Iraq and merely a stooge for American occupiers who they are fighting against.
When will the left, as well as many countries in the United Nations, realize that you don't fight tyranny with appeasement, but with a solid unified front. |
