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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: American Spirit who wrote (3466)	2/8/2004 12:05:18 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 90947

Stick your moratorium where the sun does not shine, armpit. Your boy, Big Ketcheup Kerry has attacked President Bush for over a year...even in a time of war...can't get any scummier than that. John Kerry, Commander in Chief? Exclusive commentary by Albert K. Marmero Although he has been campaigning for close to a year now, John Kerry made it official on Tuesday by declaring his candidacy for the Democratic nomination in 2004. In making this announcement, Kerry wisely drew upon his Naval war hero status by standing in front of the decommissioned aircraft carrier USS Yorktown, while a high school band played the Navy Hymn. Admittedly, I have great respect for Kerry’s war hero status and I, as well as all Americans, will forever owe a debt of gratitude to Kerry for his service to our country. However, despite his military background, John Kerry is unfit to hold the title of commander in chief. Kerry first came to prominence in 1971 when he appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee as the leader of a group of disgruntled Vietnam veterans. He is now well known for his “winter soldier” speech where he questioned the motives of the United States in the Vietnam war and the necessity of the United States to contain the spread of Communism. While Kerry is entitled to his opinion, the way that these opinions were expressed were an insult, not only to the military, but also the United States. When Kerry was a member of the radical group, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, he would often be seen mocking the uniform of the United States’ soldiers by wearing tattered fatigues, as well as dishonoring his country by often carrying an upside down American flag. This type of behavior is acceptable from a private citizen, but not from someone who now aspires to the presidency. Perhaps Kerry was best known for a very public incident involving the medals he was awarded following his courageous service aboard a gunboat in the Mekong delta. Upon his return from Vietnam, Kerry participated in a mass protest, where Vietnam veterans marched on Washington wearing torn fatigues and war medals. Once they arrived at the Capitol, these veterans threw their war medals over a fence, in a protest against American policy in Vietnam. Kerry was one of the veterans who relinquished his war medals, however, after his election to the United States’ Senate, Kerry suddenly changed his tune. Kerry’s war medals were then prominently displayed in his Capitol Hill office. On his campaign website, Kerry explains how the medals that he once appeared to throw away in public are now in his possession. Kerry says, “I threw my ribbons back, not my medals.” He then goes on to say, “Afterwards…I went up and threw back medals a couple of veterans had given me.” Whether or not Kerry threw away his own war medals is unclear, but what is clear is that Kerry now says he is proud of his medals and his military service, and he has been using his military service as a selling point for his campaign. This blatant disrespect of the military, along with Kerry’s waffling over the issue of use of force in Iraq, are enough to show me that Kerry cannot be relied on to protect the United States during our ongoing war against terror. Although Kerry voted to support military intervention in Iraq he is now claiming that he only approved the threat of force by the United States. Unfortunately for Mr. Kerry, he can’t have it both ways. The Senate vote was to use force in Iraq, not to threaten the use of force. Kerry approved the use of force, and now he’s waffling for campaign purposes. Once again, John Kerry truly is a war hero, but his actions towards the military since Vietnam show that he is not prepared to be the president of a nation at war. In today’s dangerous world, we need a Commander in Chief that is ready to act quickly and decisively and John Kerry does not seem up to the task. washingtondispatch.com