Kerry was acknowledged by the Vietnam government in 1983, when he was Lt. Governor of Massachusetts. Kerry's record of activism benefiting the communists was also lauded by the military commander of the North Vietnamese forces, General Vo Nguyen Giap, in his 1985 memoir of the war. Giap wrote that
“…if it were not for the disunity created by...stateside protests, Hanoi would have ultimately surrendered.”
Thus, Kerry¹s efforts aided and abetted the enemy, prolonged the war, and probably resulted in greater American casualties.
This is the real debate about Vietnam. Sure Kerry and the hippies had the right to disagree with the war, but that doesn't absolve them from the consequences. Speech is free, but it comes with a responsibility.
This election may ultimately decide whether the United States has the will to defeat its enemies. The Michael Moore movie has brought about an interesting debate in this country. People who pay no attention to world events are suddenly convinced that we're making a big mistake in Iraq. Talk to any of them and they don't know which of Moore's statements are true or false. When you point out the falsehoods they slip into moral relativism. "You just disagree with him." They say.
Sure I disagree with his conclusions, but whether his documentary is a factual isn't debatable. Many people who read and study world events have pointed out its flaws. The nonpartisan 911 commission denounced it. Only film critics who know nothing about the world, people easily influeced by whatever they see, and liberals love his conclusions. There is probably a decent documentary to be made by the opposition of the war using facts, but this isn't it.
But since Kerry hates war and his party hates war, you have to make the conclusion that a Kerry victory will end any American attempt to stand up for itself. A Kerry victory is simply a capitulation and return to the 1990s response to attacks on America. Was anything substantial done during the first attack of the World Trade Center? Does anyone remember our response to the embassy bombings? What did we do when our Navy ship was bombed in Yemen? ANSWER: We did nothing substantial enough for anyone to remember.
Will we ever forget what Bush did in Afghanistan and Iraq as a result of 911 -- least of all the terrorists? The main reason for spending the money and risking those lives was to show the world we were serious about our safety. The world may not like our actions or like us, but they have a greater respect for us.
The Democrats complain that the Afghanistan invasion was justified but not the Iraq invasion (though some Democrats go back and forth depending on whether they have to answer to voters). If Afghanistan was such an automatic, why didn't Democrats push for such an invasion after Yemen, the embassies or World Trade Center I? As soon as 911 happened, Clinton was told reporters that he thought it was Bin Laden. Why didn’t Clinton take care of this problem in the 1990s? He couldn’t do anything, because the majority of Democrats don't have the stomach for any kind of war. They're not going to come out against a successful and popular campaign. They'll praise it to the heavens. They would have done the same in Iraq had it went more smoothly.
Democrats have the easy task of never making the tough decision. Republicans will fight the wars. Democrats will praise the ones that are easy and attack the ones that are hard, leaving the impression that they only would have conducted the easy ones themselves. But Democrats have been in the white house 12 of the 29 years post Vietnam. Can anyone remember a decisive military action for American interests? I don't mean dropping bombs on Serbia, but an actual military action that benefited their own country. You can't and you won't. Not then, not now and not in the future. It's not who they are. It's not in them. They refuse to be Lyndon Johnson and get themselves into a conflict with their own voters. They'd rather have two terms of dolling out goodies to voters. It doesn't matter what they personally think unless they are willing to be ran out on a rail.
The election of John Kerry tells the world that we are no longer serious about our safety. We're too squeamish to do the tough work to win. We'd rather return to the 1990s and consider each attack just the cost of being America. We'll hope that our non-action will make them like us and maybe, if we're lucky, another disaster won't occur. Should we leave it to luck?
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