Just To Make Clear That It Could Be Worse
I managed to watch this earlier in the day and not comment on it, but I've just read some commentary on it and just for the 'education' of my liberal and Democrat friends I'm now posting the link. Twice.
I've occasionally been embarrassed by things George Bush has said, the whole looking into Putin's soul thing comes immediately to mind, but if I were a righteous person I'd get down on my knees every day and thank baby Jesus that John Kerry never fooled enough people to get into the White House.
In a nutshell the clip is a very respectful Kerry voter calling into C-SPAN and asking the 'man with the hat' whether we could "force" the Iraqi government to have another vote and include the Sunnis in a more robust manner (remember, many Sunnis boycotted the last two elections, the first more so than the second) and with the opinion that Iraqi President Maliki is not on our side and that "he needs to be replaced."
Now I won't even start to get into the mindset of the caller, who seems to be confused on a number of fronts, but in the preface to her question to Kerry at least she has the presence of mind to refer to the problems associated with us leaving Vietnam, mentions the boat people and says she'd "really hate to go off and leave our allies” [in Iraq].
But to Kerry it's a mere bag of shells, as according to Mr. Heinz:
"Everyone predicted a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There was not a massive bloodbath in Vietnam. There were reeducation camps, and they weren't pretty, and nobody likes that kind of outcome, but on the other hand I've met a lot of people today who were in those 'education' camps who are thriving in the Vietnam of today."
Emphasis mine, as if it needed emphasis. Remember kids, education, reeducation, it doesn't matter as long as you remember that it's only us that kill, and our enemies would thrive and live in gingerbread houses if we'd only leave them alone. Putz.
Just to be even clearer, read this award winning story from the Orange County Register for a quick review of the Vietnamese reeducation camps.
Hat tip Don Surber and Instapundit.
