To: PROLIFE who wrote (541228 ) 2/16/2004 11:12:49 PM From: jmhollen Read Replies (3) | Respond to of 769670 PL, Some 'Bozo' on the Kerry Board tried to equate Ku Klux Kerry's Viet Nam mud-fest with the requirements and skills required to fly a supersonic USAF fighter jet - while also trying to promote the Kennedy-pimped jerk to "..Batallion Commander.." in Hillary and Hanoi Jane's pseudoArmy . Ha ha ha ha ha...... My repsonse: _____________________________ Interesting how GDubya was in command of a supersonic Convair "..Delta Dagger.." F-102 fighter jet wpafb.af.mil which cost several Millions of dollars even in those days. I myself am qualified in Lear-23s -24s and AeroCommander Jet Commanders; but an F-102 would still be a handful for me - even with 1000+ hours Pilot-in-Command time it would take additional training. You can't stop at Mach-1+, go behind some weeds and take a crap, call your Boss on the walkie-talkie, get additional directions if you've stumbled into trouble, or call in fire support. At altitude and speed, you have to deal with the immediate - immediately and without errors if you plan on coming back. Most likely, you're just another shuffling Kiwi , who can't understand what flying a plane, much lessa jet, extended even further to a combat jet, truly requires. Like Hillary , your stuck here on the ground sucking strained Carville-tit - or riding in the back of the Big Silver Bus in the cheap seats. Since you've probably never been in the ground-bound military either, just how many 'ground pounding' newbie lieutenants do you know that lead "..Batallions..". More of the typcial Demoncrat Dreams of having "...your military..." again, aye. It requires a rank + experience of Lieutenant Colonel to command a battalion, that is made up of 300 to 1,000 soldiers. A battalion is a unit within a regiment. Read and learn: promotega.org Facts: First Lieutenant May command platoons or companies. Second Lieutenant Lowest ranking commissioned officer. Quote from your own former Gen. Wesley Clark, "Senator, with all due respect, he's (Kerry) a lieutenant and I'm a general. You got to get your facts on this. He was a lieutenant in Vietnam. I've done all of the big leadership". As Sen. John Kerry, Massachusetts Democrat, considers a bid for the White House, Americans should know a few things about him that he might prefer go unmentioned - and I don't mean his $75 haircuts. When Mr. Kerry pontificated at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on Veterans Day, a group of veterans turned their backs on him and walked away. They remembered Mr. Kerry as the anti-war activist who testified before Congress during the war, accusing veterans of being war criminals. The dust jacket of Mr. Kerry's pro-Hanoi book, "The New Soldier," features a photograph of his ragged band of radicals mocking the U.S. Marine Corps Memorial, which depicts the flag-raising on Iwo Jima, with an upside-down American flag.Retired Gen. George S. Patton III charged that Mr. Kerry's actions as an anti-war activist had "..given aid and comfort to the enemy..," as had the actions of Ramsey Clark and Jane Fonda. Also, Mr. Kerry lied when he threw what he claimed were his war medals over the White House fence; he later admitted they weren't his. Now they are displayed on his office wall. Long after he changed sides in congressional hearings, Mr. Kerry lobbied for renewed trade relations with Hanoi. At the same time, his cousin C. Stewart Forbes, chief executive for Colliers International, assisted in brokering a $905 million deal to develop a deep-sea port at Vung Tau, Vietnam - an odd coincidence. John :-) ps: Your pseudoWar Hero actually opted for the safety low-combat-action speed boats in Viet Nam. When Ku Klux Klan Kerry finally has to defend his own BS in national debate, his digester feed-stock will hit the fan. Bring your nose plugs. Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. And, oh yes, we will most certainly Bring It On ...!!! .