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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (316708)	12/20/2006 6:59:22 PM
From: bentway	Respond to of 1572758

FLASHBACK: Bush Said Kerry Proposal to Increase Size of Military Would Make The Country ‘Less Safe’ Yesterday, President Bush announced his intention to increase the “overall size” of the Army, acknowledging that the current forces were “stressed.” The Washington Post reports he’s considering an increase of 50,000-70,000 troops. On June 3, 2004, Sen. John Kerry (D-MA) — campaigning for the presidency — proposed expanding the Army by 40,000 troops. Bush quickly slammed the proposal as unnecessary and counter-productive: Bush’s campaign manager, Ken Mehlman, said Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld already has authorized 30,000 more troops through extended tours and new recruitment. He said the country would be “less safe” under Kerry’s approach. In a news release, Kerry explained the problem with the Bush approach: The Bush administration is relying on temporary solutions including “Stop Loss” orders, recalling the Individual Ready Reserve and extending tours to meet our commitments. These temporary measures have increased the burden on our troops and their families without addressing the underlying reality: we need more troops. As recently as six months ago, President Bush was sticking to his guns. From a June 14, 2006, “Statement of Administration Policy“: The Administration opposes increases in minimum active Army and Marine Corps end strengths in Title IV, because they could require DoD to maintain a higher personnel level than is needed. The restructuring of the Army and the Marine Corps, plus other initiatives, is enabling our military to get more warfighting capability from current end strength. This “restructuring” was a central part of Rumsfeld’s efforts to make the military a “more modern force.” Bush cited those efforts as a key reason why he believed Rumsfeld was “one of the finest defense secretaries” in history. Digg It! thinkprogress.org

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (316708)	12/20/2006 9:33:26 PM
From: RetiredNow	Respond to of 1572758

True. But you know, Kerry didn't spend $500B on wars. If Kerry had been elected, we'd have already pulled out of Iraq, or the very least would have had a deadline in place and more progress made. Bush is incompetent. That much is clear.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (316708)	12/20/2006 10:34:08 PM
From: American Spirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1572758

Kerry would never have gotten us into this mess. Every American with a brain should be kicking himself for not voting for him. It would have saved us trillions of dollars and thousands of American lives. The difference is enormous, day and night. Good and evil. Smart and idiotic. Righteous and criminal. Kerry would be a great president. Bush is by far the worst we have ever seen. worse in fact that even our darkest fears about him. Bush in fact may now be the greatest single danger to the USA.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (316708)	12/20/2006 10:37:54 PM
From: American Spirit	Respond to of 1572758

Are you watching Scarborough Country? Joe's panel for the past few nights has agreed that Bush has gone insane, in complete denial, delusional, out of touch, dissing and ignoring our top generals whom he proised to listen to, getting our troops killed for no good reason, lying to the American people, adding fuel to the fires in Iraq, changing his story, lying, isolated and only concerned about his own power fantasies, a uniquely tragic and disturbing moment in US history where the presdient and vice president are the last people in the country to realize they've totally failed and betrayed their nation. The modeate-conservative Mike Barnicle suggested that Bush-Cheney may have entered the realm of criminality. That is, crimes against the American people, our military and our democracy, major war crimes, the most impeachable kinds of offenses that exist. Maybe even treason. And the panel said that the congress must ask the tough questions now and if they find out Bush deliberately lied, they should impeach him. This is Scarborough Country, a Republican show. Joe admits he supported the war and voted for Bush twice. You need to join common sense Joe and see the light. Bush-Cheney are a terrible threat to our future well-being as a country. And who knows what dark secrets they are hiding about how they cheated their way into power, corrupted our governmant and maybe even deliberately let 9-11 happen. I am not exaggerated. Bush lied on 9-11 saying he saw the first plane hit the tower on TV. It was never on TV. Something stinks to high hell about Bush and 9-11.