JOFO said:
I couldn't care less....
Kerry had the balls to serve; Bush did not.
But Bush has no problem sending men to die in Iraq for false reasons.
If I was in the military, I'd want Kerry for president.....at least he'd think twice before sending my ass to die for nothing.
....and Kerry also saved a man's life while endangering his own while on that gunboat.
Does he have all the answers? No. But godammit, he's gotta be better than the chicken-hawk.
Bush did serve in the National Guard and I do not think you should be ripping apart his service or the service of anyone else that served in the National Guard.
Bush was elected the President of the United States. He is the Commander in Chief and in consultation with his advisors to include people like Colin Powell, Don Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, and Condelezza Rice, made the important decision to remove Saddam because of his failure to verifiably disarm of all WMD per the conditions of the 1991 Gulf War Ceacefire. The President had overwhelming approval from the US congress for his actions as well as the support of John Kerry!
The only thing false about the war in Iraq was Saddam's position that he was in compliance with UN resolutions.
While everyone should salute John Kerry service of 4 MONTHS in Vietnam, eveyone should be mindful of the fact that John Kerry has spent most of his Career in the Senate trying to take money away from the Military. When Kerry first Campaigned for the Senate in 1984, he campaigned against Weapon Systems that are currently vital to the work are military is doing in Iraq and other places in the world. Kerry was against Weapon systems like the M1 Tank, M2 Bradley, Apache Attack Helicopter, as well as the Patriot Missile.
Mr. Kerry has not been a Senator that has had a record of fighting hard to get money for the US military or important weapon systems. He has in fact done much of the opposite.
Mr. Kerry was against the removal of Saddam's military from Kuwait in 1991 through the only way possible, the use of military force. If Mr. Kerry had been president back then, not only would Saddam still be in power, he would still be in control of Kuwait and its energy reserves that are so vital to the global economy.
When it comes to John Kerry's post-Vietnam activities in the 1970s, I'd take George Bush and his controversial Alabama National Guard record any day over John Kerry and his Jane Fonda activities.
Whats really important is what the two men have done in elected office. Bush has supported the military and has had an excellant foreign policy. Kerry has done his best to rob the military of some of its best weapons and capabilities as well as having made poor decisions on foreign policy, such as his unwillingness to remove Saddam from Kuwait in 1991.
