Which terrorists will Kerry "hunt down and destroy?" Only the ones who have already committed acts of terrorism.
Stop at absolutely nothing to capture or kill terrorists? Unless, of course, Amnesty International objects. (Please read more)
Anthony Cordesman, a senior analyst at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, argues that the importance of the missing explosives has been exaggerated. "There is something truly absurd about focusing on 377 tons of rather ordinary explosives, regardless of what actually happened at al Qaqaa," Cordesman told The Washington Post in a story published Friday. "The munitions at al Qaqaa were at most around 0.06 percent of the total."This is important, in my opinion, because liberals have touted General Wayne Downing (retired) for his comments against the President. Now that General Downing (retired) is not on board with the current “Bush Bash” campaign his comments don’t count! Further, these comments could support my opinion that he latest “Bush Bash” actually reflects on the military’s (that Kerry supposedly supports?) alleged incompetence then on Bush; hence General Downing’s (retired) speaking up supporting the military. What do you think?
The Post also quoted retired Army Gen. Wayne Downing, who described the issue as "bogus." Downing once served as a counterterrorism adviser for President Bush but has since been critical of some of the administration's decisions. (Read here)
Brokaw: Someone has analyzed the President's military aptitude tests and yours, and concluded that he has a higher IQ than you do.
Kerry: That's great. More power. I don't know how they've done it, because my record is not public. So I don't know where you're getting that from.
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But for all this, if I had a vote on Tuesday I would be voting to re-elect President Bush.I have attempted to make this point on several occasions, but Mr. Baker does a much better job and is really worth reading.
It is partly Mr Bush’s character. The perils of war really do demand leadership and moral clarity. It is partly, to be honest, the quality of his opponent….
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But above all, in this oppositional sort of age, when it is often easier to be defined by what one is against rather than what one is for, I have to say it is his enemies who most justify Mr Bush’s re-election. (Read here)
Gallup had Bush ahead by eight, ABC had Bush ahead by five, Fox had Bush ahead by seven, Time had Bush ahead by five, Battleground had Bush ahead by four, he was ahead in the ABC/Washington Post tracking poll by five points or so much of the week... "And they still wrote that the race is tied!"(Read here)
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Does that sound like the America you know, Jim? In 1952, Harry Truman hadn't been aggressive enough in fighting the Korean War; the American people felt he was holding MacArthur back; and they were so angry with Truman that he didn't run. They had a choice between Adlai Stevenson or World War II hero Dwight Eisenhower. They picked Eisenhower — because they wanted to win the war — instead of the guy who could negotiate it.
In 1972, the last wartime election, Americans had a choice between the candidate of the peace movement, Mr. George "Come home, America" McGovern, and Richard Nixon. Nixon won in a landslide.
In 1984, America again had a clear choice. On one hand, there was Walter Mondale: the embodiment of the Democratic foreign-policy establishment, Jimmy Carter's vice president — the man who was determined to learn how to coexist with the Soviet Union. On the other hand, they had the policies of Ronald Reagan, who was seeking to defeat the Soviets through strength. Again, they chose the fighter in a landslide.
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, The Washington Times has learned.I believe this further magnifies Mr. Kerry and the democrats jumping the gun in desperation without having the facts. Of course, their inability to get all the facts before making accusations will not be mentioned in the MSM since President Bush is held to a higher standard; which is understandable since he continually demonstrates meeting higher standards. Michelle goes into further detail and has more great links (Read here)
John A. Shaw, the deputy undersecretary of defense for international technology security, said in an interview that he believes the Russian troops, working with Iraqi intelligence, "almost certainly" removed the high-explosive material that went missing from the Al-Qaqaa facility, south of Baghdad.
"The Russians brought in, just before the war got started, a whole series of military units," Mr. Shaw said. "Their main job was to shred all evidence of any of the contractual arrangements they had with the Iraqis. The others were transportation units." (Read here)
Individuals that were against the war to disarm Saddam Hussein are suddenly terrified over the fate of 380 of the over 1 million tons (0.03%) of conventional explosives that are currently estimated to exist in Iraq. The pointed US effort that has thus far destroyed 400,000 tons of munitions, yet failed to immediately account for 380, somehow respresents an unacceptable US failure and subsequent terrorist risk to the IAEA, NY Times and other overt critics of the Bush Administration. (Read here)
U.N. weapons inspectors went repeatedly to the vast al Qa Qaa complex -- most recently on March 8 -- but found nothing during spot visits to some of the 1,100 buildings at the site 25 miles south of Baghdad. (Read here)In Democrat October Surprise – Wrong I pointed to an NBC report (April 10, 2003) that stated these weapons were not there when checked by the 101st Airborne. However, this NBC reporter is backing off this earlier claim about the inspection, guess maybe they were scolded for giving Bush support. It is amazing to me that no reporter seems to have a clue to how much space 380 tons of munitions would occupy; a half hearted search would have turned them up.
France's antiterrorist police on Friday identified a young Frenchman killed fighting the United States in Iraq, the first confirmed case of what is believed to be a growing stream of Muslims heading from Europe to fight what they regard as a new holy war. (Read here)
Oct. 24 - The Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives - used to demolish buildings, make missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons - are missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations.The New York Times, Edwards and Kerry fail to mention that this is old news.
NBC News: Miklaszewski: “April 10, 2003, only three weeks into the war, NBC News was embedded with troops from the Army's 101st Airborne as they temporarily take over the Al Qakaa weapons installation south of Baghdad. But these troops never found the nearly 380 tons of some of the most powerful conventional explosives…. (Read more)It is amazing the depths they will go to scare the American people including regurgitating old news! This has soundly reviewed throughout the blogsphere but I wanted to mention it.
Read moreJohn Kerry is playing the prophet of doom in the most important foreign policy initiative of our generation. In Pennsylvania, Kerry described Iraq as "the wrong war, wrong place, wrong time." In New York, he opined that murderous cleric Muqtada Sadr "holds more sway in suburbs of Baghdad than Prime Minister [Iyad] Allawi." In Columbus, Ohio, the senator claimed to have a more accurate perspective on the situation in Iraq than did the interim prime minister, whose favorability rating of 73% among Iraqis, it's worth noting, is higher than Kerry's 48% favorability rating among Americans in the latest polls. Kerry, of course, has never set foot in Iraq.
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Iraqis consistently say in nationwide polls that the situation in their country is improving. In polls over the course of the summer, for example, more than half of Iraqis said their country was on the right track. The vast majority of Iraqis — 72% — see the same benefits in democracy as Americans do: the hope for peace, stability and a better life. Most polls show that 75% of Iraqis want to vote for their leaders rather than have clerics appoint them.
If you mean dying in the course of the United Nations effort, yes, it is worth that. If you mean dying American troops unilaterally going in with some false presumption that we can affect the outcome, the answer is unequivocally no.Read more
The unit that refused to go on their mission citing inadequate equipment has caused an officer to be relieved of command. He was due to a lack of confidence by the troops and he should be. I am hoping there are repercussions for the soldiers as well so that we don't spread that this behavior is okay. The problem isn't that they were right or wrong but that they not only disobeyed orders but left their fellow soldiers doing this on their own. The mission was carried out by other members of the unit and no harm came to them. The one soldier whose wife was interviewed said it just isn't safe.
Well, you know, I don't know Laura Bush. But she seems to be calm, and she has a sparkle in her eye, which is good. But I don't know that she's ever had a real job — I mean, since she's been grown up. So her experience and her validation comes from important things, but different things.Of course, we all know this is incorrect. If I had to compare the intelligence of a teacher and librarian (Laura Bush) to the apparent memory of Mrs. Kerry I have to go with Laura Bush!
With George Bush, the plan for Iraq is more of the same and the great potential of the draft.In my opinion, MSM outlets “imply” that President Bush lied when he stated:
We’re not going to have a draft period.This is repressible in my opinion – where are the questions:
That's why, in my plan, I add two active duty divisions to the United States Army, not for Iraq, but for our general demands across the globe.How do plan to obtain the resources needed for two FULL divisions?
For every Goliath, God has a David. For every Calvary's cross, God has a Christ Jesus. To bring our country out of despair, discouragement, despondency and disgust, God has a John Kerry.-Pastor Gaston E. Smith
MIAMI — Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry and civil rights activist the Rev. Jesse Jackson told black voters at a church here yesterday that President Bush's support for a constitutional amendment against homosexual "marriage" shouldn't be enough to earn their vote. Mr. Kerry attended Mass at a Catholic church in North Miami, and then spoke during services at Friendship Missionary Baptist Church in Miami , as he and several black Democratic leaders tried to rally black voters.Read more
MIAMI -- In dual church visits Sunday, Sen. John Kerry stoked the black vote in advance of Election Day, evoking the civil rights movement and declaring, "We have an unfinished march in this nation, we have an unfinished dream."Read more
For some time, and including when I spoke at the Republican Convention, I’ve wondered exactly what John Kerry’s approach would be to terrorism and I’ve wondered whether he had the conviction, the determination, and the focus, and the correct worldview to conduct a successful war against terrorism. And his quotations in the New York Times yesterday make it clear that he lacks that kind of committed view of the world. In fact, his comments are kind of extraordinary, particularly since he thinks we used to before September 11 live in a relatively safe world. He says we have to get back to the place we were, where terrorists are not the focus of our lives, but they’re a nuisance.Read more
Last week, in Orlando, Fla., approximately 60 union protestors stormed and ransacked the local Bush-Cheney headquarters causing considerable damage and injuring one campaign staffer, who suffered a broken wrist.Remember these Unions support John Kerry. Hey John is this "just a nuisance" because I consider this terriorist tatics! I believe John Kerry needs to make a public statement against these individuals, will he?
As a former law-enforcement person, I know we're never going to end prostitution. We're never going to end illegal gambling. But we're going to reduce it, organized crime, to a level where it isn't on the rise -- it isn't threatening people's lives every day, and fundamentally, it's something that you continue to fight, but it's not threatening the fabric of your life.John Kerry flip-flop:
We do need a multifaceted war on terror but that war cannot be done by handling things as a police matter on a case by case basis. We need to carefully pick our targets based on GOOD intelligence and go where we need to in order to defend our country. Yes we also need diplomacy. Iran and North Korea are two examples of this and when people point to them and say they are more dangerous than Iraq that is true. However, there were not over 14 resolutions out there in the last 12 years for either country as there was in Iraq.Read more
Controversy clouding Afghanistan's historic first presidential election eased Sunday when several major opposition candidates backed off from assertions that voter fraud and errors at polling places had rendered Saturday's vote meaningless and illegitimate.Read more
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Robert Barry, who headed the European delegation monitoring the election, said the opposition candidates' demands to nullify the vote were "unjustified"
The reality is that the transition period has been and will continue to be difficult, more difficult than we might have hoped.Of course, PM Howard’s opposition attempted to use the War on Terror and Iraq particularly against him (read more). The good news for US republicans is that it did not work; not only was the election not as close as predicted Howard actually increased his majority and could win the Australian senate.
Inevitably the question is asked -- when can our forces leave Iraq?The answer can only be when the jobs assigned to respective force elements have been completed. It's impossible to be more precise than that.
And I'm more determined than ever that Australia should stay the distance and finish the tasks for which we have taken responsibility.
AFTER ENDURING Soviet occupation, civil war and rule by a medieval-minded Islamic militia, millions of Afghans will go to polling stations today for the first free election in their country's history. This is an extraordinary achievement, the more so because it will occur in spite of concerted efforts by the Taliban militia and its al Qaeda allies to prevent it. Thanks in part to U.S., NATO and Afghan forces and in part to the extraordinary determination of Afghan citizens to launch their democracy, the enemy campaign failed: the turnout percentage for the presidential vote may rival that of the U.S. presidential election. Sixteen candidates are challenging the current president, Hamid Karzai, and though he is expected to win, the outcome is neither fixed nor assured. In that respect alone, the Afghan election is unlike any ever held in most of the Muslim world.Read More
Despite the controversy, reports from the ground by BBC correspondents spread across Afghanistan suggest that the issue has had little impact among voters.To every American (pro Kerry supporter) that will use the above article to demonstrate something negative; please go back and learn (although it is not taught in our schools anymore) about our history say 1776 to the present; did we have any election controversies and I know you are not insinuating that we are a failure for democracy!
Many Afghans are keen that the international community appreciate just what a historic day it has been for this country.
"It is amazing, as an Afghan, to see the turnout, see how many people have come out to cast their votes - especially as it was an exercise that was new to them," says Shoaib Sharifi, a senior Afghan journalist.
It's a view that many voters concurred with.
"This is a country that has suffered greatly over the years," said Abdul Mateen, a Pashtun taxi driver, after casting his vote in the city's diplomatic district.
"To be able to cast my vote and participate in the future of my country - this is a dream to be cherished."
Read more!A faded 35-year-old operations order recovered from the Naval Historical Center in Washington bears directly on the ongoing dispute between Sen. John Kerry and the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth about who wrote the key after-action report that ended Kerry's service in Vietnam. The report appears in the official Navy records and is posted on Kerry's presidential campaign Web site.
The report details Kerry's participation in a naval operation on the Bay Hap River on March 13, 1969, in such glowing terms that he was awarded a Purple Heart and a BronzeStar for pulling Special Forces officer James Rassmann out of the water while under heavy enemy fire. This third Purple Heart allowed Kerry to cut short his Vietnam tour after only four months.
According to a Navy communications expert, Chief Petty Officer Troy Jenkins, who has examined the message traffic, the report in question was sent from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, Lonsdale's command ship, at 11:20 that night.Read more!
Only three of the officers on the mission that day were on the Spencer, John Kerry, Dick Pease and Donald Droz. Droz took the wounded from the mine explosion to be examined and treated at the Spencer, including the third officer, the severely wounded Dick Pease. Since the Spencer had no helipad for the evacuation of the wounded, Droz then had to return to the USS Washtenaw County, stationed about 25 nautical miles away, leaving only Kerry aboard the Spencer at the time the message was sent at 11:20 p.m.
The group claiming responsibility for this is the Army of Al Shunnah who has been responsible for other deaths last week. This is a horrific act and demonstrates simply how evil the persons are we are fighting! In my opinion, it reiterates the need to STOP them and to stop them there!DUBAI (Reuters) - An Iraqi Islamist group beheaded an Iraqi contractor it said was working for U.S. forces, a video on an Islamist Web site showed Saturday.
The footage from the group, Ansar al-Sunna, showed a militant beheading the man, identified as Iraqi national Barea Nafea Dawoud Ibrahim.
The group said in a statement accompanying the video that Ibrahim was an "apostate" (a person who abandons their faith). It was dated Oct. 2.
"I have set up three telecommunications networks for the Iraqi National Guard. I have been working in Taji since June 2004," a frightened-looking Ibrahim told the camera. He was wearing an access badge issued by the U.S. forces around his neck.
Two men later held him down and one proceeded to behead him, before placing his severed head on top of his body.
"We say to all those who even consider working with the crusader forces that they should repent," the group warned.
Congressional investigators say that France, Russia and China systematically sabotaged the former United Nations oil-for-food program in Iraq by preventing the United States and Britain from investigating whether Saddam Hussein was diverting billions of dollars.
In a briefing paper given yesterday to members of the House subcommittee investigating the program, the investigators said their review of the minutes of a United Nations Security Council subcommittee meeting showed that the three nations "continually refused to support the U.S. and U.K. efforts to maintain the integrity" of the program.
Mr. Taheri was born in Iran and educated in Tehran, London and Paris. Taheri was member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute for International Political and Economic Studies (IIPES) from 1975 to 1980 and member of the Executive Board of the International Press Institute (IPI) from 1984 to 1992.It comes, in part, from Americans who want Iraq to fail because they want President Bush to fail. Some 81 books paint the president as the devil incarnate; Bush-bashing is also the theme of three " dozen Hollywood feature films.
Add to this the recent bizarre phrase from French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin. The head of the Figaro press group went to see him about the kidnapping of two French journalists in Iraq; Raffarin assured him they would soon be freed, reportedly saying, "The Iraqi insurgents are our best allies."
….Iraq had been liberated by the European Union, we would have none of the hot air that is blown about the war throughout the world. …….. an entity like the European Union could never say boo to a goose, let alone destroy a vicious tyranny.
“Unfortunately Americans prefer to believe glooming outlooks as opposed to positive ones, of course I guess this is human nature and why evil ideas and traits so easily take over an otherwise good person, after all if you have only gloom in your future what is the point!” I really believe that his statement outlines the democrats plan to stay in power .....
As a young Army captain vehemently put it: "Ernie Pyle would laugh at what passes for reporting in this war. The networks set up their cameras on a hotel balcony and send out an Iraqi producer to buy videotape from Al Jazeera. Then the reporters all sit inside the "green zone" and concoct their bad news stories. The next thing you know, it's being used in a political ad back home. For me, this isn't political -- it's personal. We're a whole (expletive) lot better than what people back home are seeing."
Marine major here in Iraq who reminded me, "In war it's always better to play 'away games' than 'home games.'
