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To: American Spirit who wrote (76133)	8/25/2006 7:57:30 PM
From: PROLIFE	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Excuse Me, Senator Kerry, You’re Qualifications, Please? Written by Frank Salvato Friday, August 25, 2006 You can’t turn a page or flip a channel without hearing how the Bush administration’s policies toward the Iraqi conflict are wrong. Or, as the loser of the 2004 presidential election, John Kerry, espoused, “profoundly wrong.” What no one wants to consider is whether or not these critics have the qualifications to so recklessly opine. During a recent press conference, President Bush passionately reiterated his stance on the Iraqi conflict. He alluded to the notion that the continuous bombardment of the American people with negative news by the mainstream media--and the irresponsible rhetoric of the anti-war left--has strained, “…the psyche of our country.” He continued by saying that the pre-mature withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Iraqi theater would result in disaster stating, "If you think it's bad now, imagine what Iraq would look like if the United States leaves before this government can defend itself and sustain itself." These concerns are valid. If the United States and Coalition Forces exit the Iraqi theater pre-maturely, it would further embolden the Iranian promoted sectarian violence that is currently taking place. If the forces for democracy abandon their commitment to the Iraqi people--as was done after the Gulf War--it would be an open invitation to the Iranian government to invade, making it the most powerful and oil wealthy nation in the Middle East. Without question, this open invitation would be accepted. Looking at the facts, it would be a complete disaster to abandon the fledgling Iraqi government, as well as their unproven military. Further, anyone with a modicum of common sense understands that offering information--any information--to the enemy is stupid. Providing a timetable, complete with dates, for a withdrawal of U.S. and Coalition forces from Iraq is offering the enemy information. It's stupid. Keeping all of this in mind, let’s take a look at the statements of anti-war activist and junior U.S. senator from Massachusetts, John Kerry. Kerry, seethingly, declared that the president was, “profoundly wrong about Iraq and profoundly wrong about the American people.” He went on to call the president’s policies on the Iraqi conflict an “unmitigated disaster.” He stated that the military had been “strained by the Rumsfeld policy of going to war with too few troops, sending troops into battle with inadequate body armor and overextending the National Guard.” Of course, the National Guard was able to participate actively in its duties in the Iraqi theater while effectively responding to a record number of natural disasters last year. It speaks for itself that U.S. soldiers are the best equipped in the world. Kerry said: “Faith in this administration has been strained by exaggerations and miscalculations from the promise of 'mission accomplished'…” Here we have a perfect example of irresponsible and deceitful rhetoric. Everyone who cares about accuracy and the truth understands that when the president exclaimed “Mission Accomplished” aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln that he was referring to the initial invasion and liberation activities. Yet Kerry, and the masses of the politically opportunistic with whom he cavorts, continues to mischaracterize the truth for political gain while pandering to the thirst for anti-Bush rhetoric of the agenda-driven mainstream media. His propaganda continued with: “The administration’s credibility is strained because the president’s mantra that 'U.S. troops will stand down as Iraqis stand up' is another misleading myth…” Again, either Kerry doesn’t read the reports coming out of CentCom or he is content with espousing inaccurate information. With each passing day there are battalions of Iraqi troops stepping up to take control of provinces and urban areas previously secured by U.S. and Coalition Forces. While imported terrorists from Iran and Syria continue to promote and perpetrate sectarian violence in the regions most covered by the Western media, those regions account for only two of the eighteen provinces in the country. If the “mantra” of “U.S. troops will stand down as Iraqis stand up” is a myth, that’s one effective and successful myth! Mr. Heinz, pardon me, Senator Kerry, finished with: “Budgets are strained by record deficits, while critical needs, from homeland security to Katrina rebuilding go unaddressed…” I have ceased being surprised at the progressive-left’s blind eye toward our solid economy, the rapidly decreasing deficit and the fact that eliminating redundant federal programs is not the same as cutting needed security and rebuilding programs. Maybe Kerry is ticked-off because he didn’t get one of those FEMA credit cards so that he and Teddy Kennedy could hit the town courtesy of another irresponsible government handout program. The fact of the matter is this: John Kerry’s past attempts at crafting foreign policy have been so disastrous that Americans should demand that he stay as far away from the process as humanly possible. The last time Kerry influenced American foreign policy was when he “testified” before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1971, a testimony that included fabrications and untruths. The “victory,” which his “testimony” helped to achieve, resulted in a pre-mature withdrawal of U.S. troops from South Vietnam. This issued an open invitation (sound familiar) to the Communist North Vietnamese and Cambodian leader Pol Pot to commit mass genocide to the tune of over 1.7 million people. This is the crowning achievement of John Kerry’s foreign policy expertise and one that the good senator opts to routinely ignore. No one expects John Kerry to apologize to President Bush for the quasi-slanderous inaccuracies of the charges he consistently levels against him. The American people have come to expect the propagation of dishonest political rhetoric from the progressive-leftists. But, if left to his devices, he would inadvertently sell-out the security of this country for his inability to see the danger presented, so as to achieve the seat of power, if only for a brief moment before the Mujahideen kicked down the Oval Office door and terminated his victory with an AK-47 round to the forehead. John Kerry does, however, owe the American people an apology for attempting to destroy our country’s will during a time when we are literally battling for our survival. Then again, the slaughtered Vietnamese and Cambodians of the killing fields are still waiting for Kerry to apologize for his role in their demise, albeit posthumously.

To: American Spirit who wrote (76133)	8/25/2006 8:07:47 PM
From: PROLIFE	Respond to of 173976

More of John Kerry's Retroactive Campaign Promises by Ann Coulter Posted Jul 27, 2006 On Sunday, John Kerry said of Israel's war against Hezbollah, "If I was President, this wouldn't have happened," adding, "we have to destroy Hezbollah." But wait a minute -- Hezbollah didn't attack us on 9/11! Wouldn't fighting Hezbollah distract us from the urgent task of finding Osama bin Laden? Democrats can't come out and admit that they refuse to fight any war in defense of America, so they utter the "Where's Osama?" incantation to pretend that they'd be doing something. To wit: dedicating the entire resources of the U.S. military to locating Osama bin Laden. Thus, in the third presidential debate, Kerry complained about the cost of the war in Iraq, saying the war was "the result of this president taking his eye off of Osama bin Laden." After making the capture of Osama bin Laden their sole objective in the war on terrorism, now Democrats expect us to believe they would have been fighting every other Muslim jihadist on the planet like mad -- just not one of the main sponsors of Islamic terrorism, Saddam Hussein. But they'd be merciless with every other mass-murdering, Islamic terror-sponsoring lunatic. Israel's recent tussle with Hezbollah reminds us how absurd the Democrats' fixation on Osama is. America has been under attack from Muslim extremists for nearly 30 years. Not just al Qaeda and certainly not just Osama bin Laden. Here's the highlights reel for anyone still voting for the Democrats: -- November 1979: Muslim extremists (Iranian variety) seized the U.S. embassy in Iran and held 52 American hostages for 444 days, following Democrat Jimmy Carter's masterful foreign policy granting Islamic fanaticism its first real foothold in the Middle East. -- 1982: Muslim extremists (mostly Hezbollah) began a nearly decade-long habit of taking Americans and Europeans hostage in Lebanon, killing William Buckley and holding Terry Anderson for 6 1/2 years. -- April 1983: Muslim extremists (Islamic Jihad or possibly Hezbollah) bombed the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, killing 16 Americans. -- October 1983: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) blew up the U.S. Marine barracks at the Beirut airport, killing 241 Marines. -- December 1983: Muslim extremists (al-Dawa) blew up the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, killing five and injuring 80. -- September 1984: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) exploded a truck bomb at the U.S. Embassy annex in Beirut, killing 24 people, including two U.S. servicemen. -- December 1984: Muslim extremists (probably Hezbollah) hijacked a Kuwait Airways airplane, landed in Iran and demanded the release of the 17 members of al-Dawa who had been arrested for the bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait, killing two Americans before the siege was over. -- June 14, 1985: Muslim extremists (Hezbollah) hijacked TWA Flight 847 out of Athens, diverting it to Beirut, taking the passengers hostage in return for the release of the Kuwait 17 as well as another 700 prisoners held by Israel. When their demands were not met, the Muslims shot U.S. Navy diver Robert Dean Stethem and dumped his body on the tarmac. -- October 1985: Muslim extremists (Palestine Liberation Front backed by Libya) seized an Italian cruise ship, the Achille Lauro, killing 69-year-old American Leon Klinghoffer by shooting him and then tossing his body overboard. -- December 1985: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed airports in Rome and Vienna, killing 20 people, including five Americans. -- April 1986: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed a discotheque frequented by U.S. servicemen in West Berlin, injuring hundreds and killing two, including a U.S. soldier. -- December 1988: Muslim extremists (backed by Libya) bombed Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing all 259 on board and 11 on the ground. (Then came an amazing, historic pause in Muslim extremists' relentless war on America after Ronald Reagan won the Cold War by doing the opposite of everything recommended by Democrats, depriving Islamic terrorists of their Soviet sponsors. This confuses liberals because they don't understand the concept of terror sponsors, whether it's the Soviet Union or Iraq.) -- February 1993: Muslim extremists (al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, possibly with involvement of friendly rival al Qaeda) set off a bomb in the basement of the World Trade Center, killing six and wounding more than 1,000. -- Spring 1993: Muslim extremists (al-Gama'a al-Islamiyya, the Sudanese Islamic Front and at least one member of Hamas) plot to blow up the Lincoln and Holland tunnels, the U.N. complex, and the FBI's lower Manhattan headquarters. -- November 1995: Muslim extremists (possibly Iranian "Party of God") explode a car bomb at U.S. military headquarters in Saudi Arabia, killing five U.S. military servicemen. -- June 1996: Muslim extremists (13 Saudis and a Lebanese member of Hezbollah, probably with involvement of al Qaeda) explode a truck bomb outside the Khobar Towers military complex, killing 19 American servicemen and injuring hundreds. -- August 1998: Muslim extremists (al Qaeda) explode truck bombs at U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, killing 224 and injuring thousands. -- October 2000: Muslim extremists (al Qaeda) blow up the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Cole, killing 17 U.S. sailors. -- Sept. 11, 2001: Muslim extremists (al Qaeda) hijack commercial aircraft and fly planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania, killing nearly 3,000 Americans. America's war with Islamic fanaticism didn't start on 9/11, but it's going to end with 9/11 -- as long as Americans aren't foolish enough ever to put a Democrat in the White House.