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November 02, 2006
Aw...It's 2 in the Morning
...and even the AP is going after him.
Kerry's '72 Army comments mirror latest
During a Vietnam-era run for Congress three decades ago, John Kerry said he opposed a volunteer Army because it would be dominated by the underprivileged, be less accountable and be more prone to "the perpetuation of war crimes."...The Associated Press was alerted to the historical comments by a former law enforcement official who monitored 1970s anti-war activities
...In 1972, as he ran for the House, he was less apologetic in his comments about the merits of a volunteer army. He declared in the questionnaire that he opposed the draft but considered a volunteer army "a greater anathema."
"I am convinced a volunteer army would be an army of the poor and the black and the brown," Kerry wrote. "We must not repeat the travesty of the inequities present during Vietnam. I also fear having a professional army that views the perpetuation of war crimes as simply 'doing its job.'
Don't ya just hate guys that botch the same old joke over and over?
Posted by tree hugging sister at November 2, 2006 03:48 AM