Kerry Says Bush Is Arrogant and Failed on Iraq

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20041018/us_nm/campaign_kerry_dc&cid=1896&ncid=1473

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - President Bush (news - web sites) arrogantly ignored the advice of his top generals about the need for more equipment to fight the war in Iraq (news - web sites), Democrat John Kerry (news - web sites) said on Monday.


At an early rally here, the senator from Massachusetts seized on remarks published in The Washington Post by the former top U.S. commander in Iraq complaining last winter to the Pentagon (news - web sites) that a poor supply situation was threatening the Army's ability to fight.


"The president is always talking tough about what he's going to do to protect America," Kerry said, calling Bush's talk of support for the troops, "nothing more than empty rhetoric."


Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez wrote in a letter on Dec. 4, 2003, to top Army officials that the lack of vital spare parts for tanks, helicopters and other systems was so severe that "I cannot continue to support sustained combat operations with rates this low," the newspaper reported.

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[Maestro]

1. The more news that leaks out,

the more what we already knew is blantantly obvious. :mad:

[sniffa]

2. but kerry forgot poLand

[JusticeForAll]

3. He forgot Poland

* mentioned this same thing AGAIN in his everywhere-televised stump speech. Let's hope the idiot does not realize how stupid and pathetic he sounds each time this phrase is echoed.

[barb162]

4. most of the Bushies don't even know there are only about 2000

Poles in Iraq. ANd even when you tell them they blow it off because they can't deal with facts very well just like their great leader. Most of his followers are stupes except for the ones who are getting the tax breaks. I talked to a 21 yr. old Bush voter a few days ago and I saw how totally clueless she was. She had NO problem with our soldiers being killed as "they volunteered" and Kerry "flipflopped" and on and on. When I asked her how Kerry flipflopped, she couldn't come up with one thing. She just parrotted wahtever Bush said. The new electorate.