Kerry Says U.S. United on Terror, Hits Bush

[maddezmom]

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But Kerry refused to back off his long-standing argument that Bush made a big mistake three years ago by failing to send American troops after bin Laden -- blamed for the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States -- when he was believed to be trapped in the Tora Bora mountains of Afghanistan (news - web sites).


"As Americans we are absolutely united, all of us -- there are no Democrats, there are no Republicans -- as Americans, we are united in our determination to destroy, capture, kill Osama bin Laden and all of the terrorists," he said.


Without mentioning the tape directly, Kerry also said the United States still needed "the leadership of our troops and the strategies that make us safe" and promised to do better at both than Bush.


"As I have said for two years now, when Osama bin Laden and all Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords," he told a rally in Appleton.

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more: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=584&ncid=584&e=2&u=/nm/20041030/pl_nm/campaign_kerry_dc

Way to Go John Kerry DO NOT BACK Down!!!

[JoFerret]

1. Good strategic move

take the high ground and repel all boarders. (Just to mix a couple of miliary metaphors.)

[maddezmom]

2. AFP-Kerry pounds Bush for failing to kill bin Laden

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Kerry, stung by attacks on Friday in which Bush accused him of a "shameful" attempt to reap political gain from the tape, promised he would provide better leadership in the global antiterror campaign.


"As I have said for two years now, when Osama bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were cornered in the mountains of Tora Bora, it was wrong to outsource the job of capturing them to Afghan warlords who a week earlier were fighting against us," Kerry said in a rally in the battleground state of Wisconsin.


Kerry said Bush should instead have used "the best-trained troops in the world, who wanted to avenge America for what happened in New York and Pennsylvania and in Washington," a reference to the September 11, 2001 attacks.


"It was wrong to divert our forces from Afghanistan (news - web sites) so we could rush to war in Iraq (news - web sites) without a plan to win the peace," said Kerry.


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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1506&ncid=696&e=7&u=/afp/20041030/ts_alt_afp/us_vote_kerry_binladen