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Thank you Sen. Kerry.
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Originally posted by Kristofer Kristofer wrote:

Originally posted by brihard brihard wrote:

You're not in Iraq. Nice try though.(Disclaimer- I do believe Kerry is a tool.)


It doesnt matter that I'm not in Iraq. I am preparing for it. We should be hearing a call for volunteers to go in a month or so at my unit. So Yeah. I'll be there. Nice try though.


Fair enough, and my apologies for being a bit harsh- there's just a lot of wannabes around, and it's very predominant especially among new military members who haven't actually been anywhere or done anything yet and still insist on a sort of overblown legitimacy. I'm always careful not to give the impression that I've served overseas when I as of yet have not, and it irks me a tad when people handle it different. If some of them were to be believed, half the new kids in my regiment will be fast roping from helicopters carrying MP5s this time next year...
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Originally posted by FlimFlam FlimFlam wrote:

You guys are awefully dismissive of a pretty condescending (in my opinion) quote.  .

I don't think we are being dismissive - everybody so far has agreed that it was the wrong thing to say.

But I don't think it was condescending.  That's the misinterpretation.  I read his statement as a statement about armed services politics, recruiting strategies, and the Iraq war in general.  Maybe I'm the one reading too much into it.

But the interpretation that the White House is putting on this comment makes no sense coming from someone like Kerry.
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When do you leave? 

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Originally posted by brihard brihard wrote:

You're not in Iraq. Nice try though.(Disclaimer- I do believe Kerry is a tool.)


It doesnt matter that I'm not in Iraq. I am preparing for it. We should be hearing a call for volunteers to go in a month or so at my unit. So Yeah. I'll be there. Nice try though.
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Uh...yeah....wont defend that one. He butchered whatever point he was trying to make. I never did like him that much, he was like the worst Dem candidate possible in '04, but I did like some of his ideas. Still wish he would have won by a bigger margin though.....

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You guys are awefully dismissive of a pretty condescending (in my opinion) quote.  I wonder if it would be different on the other side of the aisle...

At any rate, if you follow his logic, it DOES explain how he ended up in Viet Nam...

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Granted that Kerry shouldn't be allowed to open his mouth in public - I think this little gaffe is (unsurprisingly) being blown out of proportion.  I don't think that he meant to imply that everybody in the armed services is stupid/dropout/retarded/whatever.

But hey - it's election season.
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You're not in Iraq. Nice try though.

(Disclaimer- I do believe Kerry is a tool.)
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I am more proud than ever to claim I am from this mans state. Apparently I'm an idiot in his book who cant make it in college. Even though I am in college now.

"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. And if you don't, you get stuck in Iraq" -Senator John Kerry. My democratic Senator from Massachusetts. What a great man he is.
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