Kerry Says Bush's Stubbornness Hurts Troops

[kskiska]

Policy in Iraq 'Costing Us Money And . . . Lives'

NEW YORK, April 14 -- Sen. John F. Kerry (Mass.) said here Wednesday that President Bush's stubbornness in refusing to share authority and decision making with the United Nations and other countries has put U.S. forces at greater risk, unduly burdened American taxpayers and made success in Iraq far more difficult.

"I think the approach of this administration has been consistent and stubborn in the way that it persists in this American occupation and in proceeding down its own road," Kerry said. "It has made that mistake from Day One, and it is costing us money and I think it is costing us lives."

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Kerry said more international support would help take the focus off the U.S. occupation. "The minute you have that international acceptance, you begin to reduce some of the capacity of people to focus on the infidel United States and to focus their energies on our occupation alone."

As Kerry stepped up his public criticism of Bush on Iraq, the president's reelection campaign struck back hard. Its chairman, Marc Racicot, accused Kerry of a "cynical and defeatist" approach and of "very, very seriously undermining" the U.S. effort in Iraq and forces fighting there.

Racicot, who was joined in his conference call by former defense secretary Caspar Weinberger, said Kerry was attempting "to cause division and erode confidence" and said the senator's comments were evidence of "why he shouldn't be president."

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[JaySherman]

1. What a joke Racicot is.

The only people undermining U.S. efforts, causing division, and eroding confidence are the neocons and rethugs. If proposing rational and practical solutions to the situation = being cynical and defeatist then so be it.

Keep banging away them, John! :toast:

[baby_bear]

3. The undercurrent of their message is always the same

If you criticize Bush, his administration, or anything the U.S. is doing, you help the enemy and undermine the troops.

I think that is going to boil down to the main them of Bush's pathetic attempt to be elected.

That, and playing funny with electronic voting machines and voter registration rights.

s_m

P.S. Pretty soon criticizing EPA rollbacks is going to be called unpatriotic. Watch what you say! (Next: Watch what you think. That will be when Ari Fleischer returns.)

[JI7]

5. i can't stand that fool

[skooooo]

2. Have you seen recent Kerry statements?

He makes reference to a "smarter plan". I think that's brilliant to talk about SMARTER things after Bush showed himself to be such a non-thinking idiot on TV the other night.

[JI7]

4. doesn't Casper Weinberger belong in prison ?

fuck him and racicot. what losers they are.