Commander In Chief

It's Halloween. Want to get scared? Say this three times:

• John Kerry, Commander in Chief

Not scared? Doesn't matter? Well, to quote Yoda, "You should be. You Should be!"

If Kerry becomes President, he becomes the Commander in Chief. His entire campaign has revolved around saying he isn't George Bush. That means critisizing Bush for having allies to do the heavy lifting in Afghanistan. Oh, you didn't hear that? Didn't you hear how Kerry has gone on and on about Bush "outsourcing" the fighting in Tora Bora? That's because we had the Northern Alliance fight with us. One historical note; no other civilization has been able to defeat the Afhganis. The British had their hind ends handed to them and the Soviet Union couldn't "pacify" them either. (Side note: no one has been able to pacify the Pashtun tribe. Still haven't been able to. They make up the "Tribal Area" of Pakistan. But at least the Pashtuns are in Pakistan and not Afghanistan.) It was a brilliant move to work like this given what we DIDN'T have in place. By the way, how do we know if Osama bin Laden did escape Tora Bora? He may be buried in the bottom of a bombed cave. Kinda hard to get out press releases threatening the great infidels when you are DEAD!

Krauthammer has a great article outlining the great victory of Afghanistan and the triumph of the elections. Haven't heard much about it have you? Why would the Main Stream Media and Kerry say nice things about Bush? Please. You haven't figured that out yet?

All campaign Kerry has droned on and on about the mistakes of "this President". Well, in doing so, he has been criticizing the military's performance.

Let's take, for example, the Al Qaqaa example that the New York Times reported. Kerry has gone on and on about how Bush screwed this up. What? Since when does the Commander in Chief make decisions about securing facilities? When does the CIC go out and secure facilities? The Commander in Chief trusts the decision-making ability of his troops to do the right thing. And they did.
This is just the most recent example.

Now imagine if Kerry does win. He will now be the Commander in Chief to the very same troops he has insulted either knowingly or unknowingly. At a time in our history, that we REALLY need good competent troops.

Now for a more personal example. I had a chance to go to West Point in the second female class. I declined to do so, in part, because of the negative reputation of soldiers. It is a decision that I now, largely regret. Now I realize that being associated with some of the greatest people in the world, our American Soldiers, would be an honor, not a disgrace. Who was largely responsible for this negative reputation? That would be John Kerry. You know, his testimony in Congress where he likened American Soldiers to be the inheritors of the war tactics of Ghingas Khan.

To paraphrase that soldier testifying in congress, "how do you ask a soldier to fight for your mistake?”