Wesley Clark fires back at the Republican campaign to discredit Kerry’s war record, most recently highlighted by Dick Cheney’s speech at Westminster College (where Winston Churchill gave his famous “Iron Curtain” speech) attacking Kerry’s record in national security.
Meanwhile, Bush ads featuring a “disappearing act” with tanks and aircraft suggest that Kerry’s votes on some military spending bills mean that he wanted to leave the U.S. defenseless.
Clark writes: “After risking his life in Vietnam to save others, John Kerry earned the right to speak out against a war he believed was wrong. Make no mistake: it is that bravery these Republicans are now attacking. Although President Bush has not engaged personally in such accusations, he has done nothing to stop others from making them. I believe those who didn’t serve, or didn’t show up for service, should have the decency to respect those who did serve.”
Here’s the scene, then: A president who pulled family strings to get a berth in the Texas Air National Guard, and then couldn’t even show up for that cushy job, sends out a vice president who won multiple draft deferments and candidly admits he had “other priorities” more important than fighting under U.S. colors, to attack the “judgment” of a Democratic candidate who both fought for his country and had the guts to turn against the war when its folly became evident.
Observing all this, I see real judgment on one side — and outrageous chutzpah on the other.
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