Kerry talks tough and votes weak
Washington Times:
"Sen. John Kerry went toe-to-toe with President Bush on national security yesterday, charging that the president has weakened the U.S. military and been too timid to commit troops at Tora Bora in Afghanistan, thus blowing the chance to capture Osama bin Laden.
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"Mr. Kerry voted in 2002 to authorize the president to use force in Iraq, but has since been one of the harshest critics of how Mr. Bush has followed through.
"He has consistently said the administration should have worked to gain approval of more nations before beginning the war. This is consistent with his belief expressed after the Vietnam War, that the United States should not commit troops to war without the approval of the United Nations.
"Yesterday, though, Mr. Kerry said he would not let allies 'tie our hands and prevent us from doing what must be done.'
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"Mr. Kerry said Mr. Bush has failed to properly fund the military, including sending troops to patrol Iraq in unarmored Humvees and without proper body armor.
" 'Families across America have had to collect funds from their neighbors to buy body armor for their loved ones in uniform because George Bush failed to provide it,' Mr. Kerry said.
"But Republican senators drafted by the Bush campaign to respond said those supplies have now been purchased. They also said that Mr. Kerry in fact voted against the exact legislation, the $87 billion emergency spending bill last fall, that funded those needs.
"Republicans said this is a recurring pattern."
Washington Times:
"Sen. John Kerry went toe-to-toe with President Bush on national security yesterday, charging that the president has weakened the U.S. military and been too timid to commit troops at Tora Bora in Afghanistan, thus blowing the chance to capture Osama bin Laden.
...
"Mr. Kerry voted in 2002 to authorize the president to use force in Iraq, but has since been one of the harshest critics of how Mr. Bush has followed through.
"He has consistently said the administration should have worked to gain approval of more nations before beginning the war. This is consistent with his belief expressed after the Vietnam War, that the United States should not commit troops to war without the approval of the United Nations.
"Yesterday, though, Mr. Kerry said he would not let allies 'tie our hands and prevent us from doing what must be done.'
...
"Mr. Kerry said Mr. Bush has failed to properly fund the military, including sending troops to patrol Iraq in unarmored Humvees and without proper body armor.
" 'Families across America have had to collect funds from their neighbors to buy body armor for their loved ones in uniform because George Bush failed to provide it,' Mr. Kerry said.
"But Republican senators drafted by the Bush campaign to respond said those supplies have now been purchased. They also said that Mr. Kerry in fact voted against the exact legislation, the $87 billion emergency spending bill last fall, that funded those needs.
"Republicans said this is a recurring pattern."
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