Kerry had better have his answers ready for the coming debate. Here
are some suggested answers:
MR KERRY DID YOU MEET WITH THE NORTH VIETNAMESE WHILE AMERICANS WERE
DYING IN VIETNAM?
Answer: After I returned from my duty in VietNam, I started working
tirelessly to end the war as soon as possible. I testified to
Congress to end the war. I met with any party I thought was
important to the conflict, to find a way to stop the senseless
killing and endless destruction. At all times I was motivated only
by my patriotic duty to put America back on the right path, and save
as many American lives as I could and any way that was available to
me at that time.
MR KERRY DID YOU CALL HO CHI MIN THE VIETNAMESE "GEORGE WASHINGTON?"
Ho Chi Min was a freedom fighter in Vietnam during the days of French
Rule. He had an enormous following in both the north and the south.
He was the mastermind of the war against the French, and later
against the Americans in Vietnam. Many, or even most, Vietnamese
looked at HoChiMin as their "George Washington" figure. I was merely
repeating what I heard and saw in VietNam. I personally, never
believed that George Washington and Ho Chi Min had anything at all in
common, except for their huge popularity among their respective
peoples during their wars of liberation from colonial rule.
DO YOU SUPPORT THE WAR IN IRAQ?
I supported the authorization of the president to use any means
necessary to protect the American people. If war was necessary, I
supported it. But, I believe that wars are complicated matters. You
can not over-simplify them, or be motivated by blind ideology or
dogma. Too much is at steak in war, lives and treasure are always
lost during war. I feel that Mr Bush rushed to war in this case. We
still had a full plate in Afghnistan, and with Osama. Iraq was
stable, but not yet free. But ,Iraq was not the hot bed of radical
Islam that it is today; after Mr Bush destroyed the necessary
institutions and infrastructure of government in Iraq. That was
wrong. I would never have gone to war without completely planning
out the aftermath. That is my ONLY serious critique of Mr Bush's
action. He did not plan this war well, and now we are paying a
griveous price in lives and property. I supported the replacement of
Saddam's evil reigme. But, we should have prioritized our options
better, and made sure we had the post war planning competely thought
out; before we sent our troops into harms way in Baghdad with no
clear plan for what comes next. My criticism is with the Bush policy
team; not with our brave men and women in uniform. If I am elected
president our troops will get the support and leadership they should
have got from the Bush policy team, but didn't. I say to the
American troops around the world: Help and clear leadership is on
the way! We are proud of you and we support you totally. And, if
elected I will give you the planning and the tools you need to
complete your missions, so braving fought for the American people.
WHY DID YOU VOTE AGAINST FUNDING THE WAR?
I only voted against that part of the funding authorization that would have given 20 billion to untested Iraqi exiles to spend as they pleased. War is expensive. And, with the budget already in deficit because of the ill advised tax cuts, I thought that we should only authorize money for the troops, and that the reconstrution funds would best be considered seperately,, to make sure they were well spent, and not squandered or stolen during the aftermath of the war. I support funding the troops and the war, but not giving a blank check to foreigners on the treasury of the American taxpayer.
