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August 6, 2004
Kerry the Clueless
Yesterday I was watching Fox News(naturally) I saw a clip of John Kerry giving a speech. Then he said something that almost made me fall down:
"First of all, had I been reading to children, and had my top aide whispered in my ear, 'America is under attack,' I would have told those kids very politely and nicely that the president of the United States had business that he needed to attend to, and I would have attended to it,"
Unbelievable. Of course today it's front page news, at least in the Washington Times. I checked the on-line edition of the Washington Post but didn't see the story there.
What does this guy think he was going to do? Order F-15s around? Move firetrucks around New York City? Short of ordering a nuclear strike, the president does not get involved in the minutiae of decision making. That's why we have a national command structure. You know, John, generals, fire chiefs, and all that?
Sounds also like he's echoing Michael Moore. Don't tell me that Moore represents a fringe element in the Democratic party. Sounds like he's been mainstreamed, too, along with Evil Al. As I recall reading somewhere Moore was invited to sit in Jimmy Carter's box seat at the convention.
And then today this story:
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry has called for greatly increasing the size of U.S. special operations forces. Trouble is, if you talk to the folks in commando country at Fort Bragg, N.C., it's not that easy. Here's what one covert warrior told us:Oh but his military experience makes him uniquely qualified to be president.
"Special Forces [Green Berets] has been trying to drastically increase in size for the last five years. You don't just wave a magic wand and produce Special Forces soldiers. First of all, they are volunteers, and how many people out there want to, and are willing to, do the things we do? "The training facilities are finite. There are just so many that can push through the pipeline each year without lowering standards and cutting corners on training. The Clinton years gave us a drastically reduced Army. Since the Army is the pool from which we draw our recruits, normally on their second enlistment, where does he think we get enough candidates for SF training? "This shows his fundamental lack of understanding of Special Forces and how we work. President Bush and [Donald Rumsfeld] get it. They've let us do the things that we've trained for and advocated for years."
Posted by Tom at August 6, 2004 11:59 AM
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