John Kerry is a Liar and a Coward

What war does John Kerry think we are fighting? In fact, what year does he think it is? He has been in the headlines recently for telling a group of California students on Monday that those unable to navigate this country's education system "get stuck in Iraq".

Naturally, the White House demanded an apology from Kerry for "troop bashing" saying, "The members of the United States Military are plenty smart and they are plenty brave . . ."

What strikes me about Kerry's comments is the 60's mindset. Back then we had a military draft. It was possible to get a draft deferment while you were in college. That system was geared to taking the lower income and less educated young men first; those who could not afford a college education or those who did not have the aptitude for higher education.

We do not have a military draft today, Mr. Kerry. All of the brave men and women serving in the Armed Forces today are there because they are proud to serve their country and they understand what sacrifice and selflessness is. And you are trying to turn their sacrifice and their deaths into something dirty for your own shameful political ends.

Everyone knows how you, Mr. Kerry, "served" your country. Another of the rules back then was that you could get shipped home from Viet Nam after being wounded three times. We all know how you promoted minor injuries (that any brave soldier would have shaken off) as qualifying wounds and how you actually initiated the paperwork yourself, a job normally left to a superior officer. And we still remember how you came home and launched a political career protesting and jeering the sacrifice of your fallen comrades. How you lied about troop misbehavior to gain favor with your liberal friends. It is difficult to forget such cowardice under fire.

Today, there is no "navigating" necessary to avoid military service. Those who do not choose to serve do not have to. Those who choose to serve do so proudly. People like you have no right to criticize their patriotism or their sacrifice or their choices.

Freedom has always been paid for with blood. We are at war and your comments, Mr. Kerry, are giving aid and comfort to the enemy. Your shameful behavior in the past and your shameless rhetoric of the present indicate a person devoid of character and unworthy of consideration. You had to lie in the past to make your specious points and you are lying today with your inflammatory comments.

You are constantly accusing the president of lying and publicly demanding that he "come clean." Well, another thing that everyone knows about liberals is that you are always guilty of the behavior you are decrying the most. It is called a diversionary tactic and you aren't fooling any one.

I heard a good analogy in a TV show called The Unit. While questioning the appropriateness of a group of war protesters she said something like this, "You wouldn't yell at or denounce a group of firemen going to put out a fire, would you? Well, our troops are trying to put out another fire. A fire that seeks to destroy our homes, our families and our way of life. They are bravely facing the flames of terrorism, daily, so that you can be safe in your homes. They are just doing their jobs."

And, apparently, Mr. Kerry's job is mis-information. He is acting as point man for all of the cowards and traitors who would criticize our troops during a time of war. Fortunately, he isn't making any more sense now than he did back then. And only fools believe him.