Disrespectful Kerry
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| Fri, 09-24-2004 - 10:26am |
My brother serves our country, and he tells a different story than what Kerry would have us all believe. Troop morale, is very high. They all believe we are on the right track....and are heartened by the Iraqi people's support of the American troops in-country. I've spoken with a few of his soldier mates, and they are disgusted by Kerry... Interesting stuff!
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/24/cheney.ap/index.html
ST. JOSEPH, Missouri (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney chastised Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Thursday, saying his criticism of Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi showed an appalling "lack of respect."
Allawi, who was in Washington on Thursday to address a joint meeting of Congress and meet with President Bush, gave a rosy portrayal of progress toward peace in his country. (Bush, Allawi pledge cooperation)
Shortly after he spoke, Kerry said the prime minister's assessment contradicted his own previous statements as well as the reality on the ground. (Kerry: Allawi's assessment contradicts reality)
Cheney said Kerry was being disrespectful of a man who had survived an attack by Saddam Hussein's assassins.
"I must say I was appalled at the complete lack of respect Senator Kerry showed for this man of courage, when he rushed to hold a press conference and attack the prime minister, a man America must stand beside to defeat the terrorists," Cheney told several thousand supporters.
"John Kerry is trying to tear down all the good that has been accomplished, and his words are destructive to our effort in Iraq and in the global war on terror," Cheney said. "As Prime Minister Allawi said in his speech, and I quote, 'When political leaders sound the siren of defeatism in the face of terrorism, it only encourages more violence.' End quote."
Cheney said Kerry has changed his position on the Iraq war many times and that voters face a clear choice on November 2 between Bush's "steadfast leadership and clear determination" and Kerry, "who seems to adopt a new position every day."
The audience mocked Kerry with chants of "flip-flop! flip-flop!"
Michael Golden, a Kerry spokesman in Missouri, said Kerry was simply telling the truth about the situation in Iraq.
"He is leveling with the American people," Golden said. "That is what we need in a president."
Kerry, who was in Ohio on Thursday, said of Allawi: "I think the prime minister is obviously contradicting his own statement of a few days ago, where he said the terrorists are pouring into the country. The prime minister and the president are here obviously to put their best face on the policy, but the fact is that the CIA estimates, the reporting, the ground operations and the troops all tell a different story."

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WOW, you mean every foreign dignitary who is in a picture taken with a president running for re-election is campaigning for the president?!
Democrats have used American casualty numbers to try to boost Kerry's polls and they accuse Allawi of campaigning for Bush?
Incredible.
Do you really want lists of Gore, Carter, and other Democrat "bloopers"?
Silly distractions. Better than blind hatred, I suppose.
You've not read many of my posts.
I've said much much worse things about Bush and his administration.
In fact, this was one of the few times I've mentioned Bush's butchery of the English language, and only did so to point out the irony in Adaemi's post.
"the fervor with which the AP seeks to hurt America and our troops for political gain will abate somewhat after Nov. 2."
Nice rhetoric.
It's Bush who put troops in harms way in an unnecessary occupation with no exit strategy.
Of course not.
I’m only referring to the ones personally appointed to their ‘foreign dignitary’ positions by the President himself.
YEAH!!!! How dare he not like our appointed puppet????!!!!! The nerve......
Hmm. "Unnecessary occupation"...that must be what you call staying until the job is done.
"no exit strategy"...let's see...1. turn power over to new Iraqi govt. (done) 2. provide military force until the Iraqi's can build up their own means of security (doing) 3.help facilitate elections in Iraq 4. stay until the insurgents are killed/captured (doing)
Telling the world that we are leaving Iraq on... or by... is only giving the enemy an opportunity to lay low until we're gone then all hell breaks loose. Stupid. Kerry does not want to win the war in Iraq, and as soon as he can, he will abandon the war on terror too.
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