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October 28, 2004
Kerry never misses an opportunity
to piss on the American military. No matter that the NYTimes trumpeting in a sheer partisan manner (any one that thinks they haven't been shilling for Kerry this season is either one of those famous dead Democrat voters or just full of BDS) the so-called "Bush missing 380 tons of weapons", which immediately started unravelling upon publication, John Kerry launched into attacks which boiled down to the taking the word of the UN and condemning American soldiers on the ground during the war. As Hugh Hewitt says:
This week he embraced an already discredited account of missing munitions to attack the reputation of the 3rd Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne. Make no mistake, that is exactly what Kerry is doing when he asserts that deadly weapons went unsecured and unreported as these two divisions rushed to liberate Baghdad. And not just these divisions, but every officer and soldier who had a hand in drawing up the war plan. If the negligence that Kerry charges the military with was real, additional troops would not have made a difference. The initial search would still have been conducted by the 3rd I.D. and the site pronounced clear. The 101st would still have spent 24 hours in the munitions complex before moving on. Kerry cannot avoid owning the latest of many slanders he has launched at the military as a means of wounding the president.
Will Kerry backup and apologize? Will he quit his knee-jerk reaction to blame America first for any error charged by others with their own axes to grind?
Bill at INDC Journal explores the Russian angle
Russian special forces troops moved many of Saddam Hussein's weapons and related goods out of Iraq and into Syria in the weeks before the March 2003 U.S. military operation
Do read Bill's entry. It is rich with information and links.
Bottom line time here, friends. The US military has secured approximately 400,000 tons of weapons. The preponderance of evidence is that this alleged 380 tons was already gone by the time the facility was visited by the 3rd Infantry and the 101st Airborne. However, what was Kerry's first instinct (regardless of his training as a prosecutor, which should have immediately given him pause)? Attack the American military.
Deja vu April 1971 and charges of rape, torture, murder and "the heirs of 'Jengis' Khan."
Some people want this man to be CinC? Makes me wonder about their attitude towards the troops.
Posted by Darleen at October 28, 2004 06:32 AM
Comments
Darleen, did you hear Rudy Giuliani is blaming our troops for this. he said: "The actual responsibility for it really would be for the troops that were there. Did they search carefully enough? Didn't they search carefully enough?"
Check it out:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-4581121,00.html
Posted by: Brad at October 28, 2004 02:33 PM
Last paragraph
Guiliani said the missing weapons episode doesn't support an overall impression that Bush is not willing to accept responsibility for mistakes or admit to them. ``I think what it shows is that the president is not willing to put blame on the troops when it isn't clear that they should be blamed. Things go wrong in war,'' Guiliani said.
Locate me a transcript, Brad. Even the "let's call for GW's assassination" al Guardian seems to let slip that Rudy wasn't blaming the troops at all.
Posted by: Darleen at October 28, 2004 06:40 PM