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I’m just catching up to the past two days’ news, but apparently John Kerry has allowed over 350 tons of RDX and HMX explosives to be looted from Iraq’s Al-Qaqaa facility.  The explosives had been under International Atomic Energy Agency seal, and the IAEA had warned the U.S. about the need to keep a tight lid on the bunker:

The International Atomic Energy Agency publicly warned about the danger of these explosives before the war, and after the invasion it specifically told United States officials about the need to keep the explosives secured, European diplomats said in interviews last week. Administration officials say they cannot explain why the explosives were not safeguarded, beyond the fact that the occupation force was overwhelmed by the amount of munitions they found throughout the country.

Unfortunately, due to his failure to meet with all fifteen members of the United Nations Security Council in late 2002, John Kerry allowed those deadly explosives out of Iraq in early 2003.

This is appalling.  We knew, of course, that Kerry was undermining U.S. troops by suggesting that things were not going well in Iraq, but we had no idea-- until now-- that he had sabotaged the war effort from the start.  So although the wingnuts and warfloggers might be outraged today by the Security Council story, clearly, they are not outraged enough.  It’s been said before, but we’ll say it again-- the man is unfit to lead.

Posted by on 10/25 at 02:13 PM

  1. That Gay French Commie Bastard! His evil powers exceed even that of the dread Clenis(TM)!

    Posted by  on  10/25  at  04:22 PM

  2. Perhaps, but as Camille Paglia points out, Clinton was the setup man whose oral-sex escapades left us vulnerable to attack in the first place!

    Posted by Michael  on  10/25  at  04:46 PM

  3. Yes, but Bush is in deep Qa Qaa.

    Posted by Heraldblog  on  10/25  at  04:54 PM

  4. Or as that French-speaking Samuel Beckett would say, deep quaqua.  About time we got Beckett involved in all this!

    Posted by Michael  on  10/25  at  05:09 PM

  5. In a similar vein, the Denver Post tells us that George W. Bush has royally screwed up the planet over the last four years, that John Kerry has good ideas and would make a good president, and that we should therefore elect… George W. Bush.

    Posted by  on  10/25  at  05:38 PM

  6. Perhaps, but as Camille Paglia points out, Clinton was the setup man whose oral-sex escapades left us vulnerable to attack in the first place!

    True, and, as I can personally attest, a man is never so vulnerable and unaware of potential dangers (particularly those of the radical Islamist variety) as when he is receiving head.  How much more true then for the head of state.

    Posted by  on  10/25  at  05:38 PM

  7. In forgetting Bulgaria, it looks like the groundwork was set in 2003 for the epic, election-down-in-flames gaffe in forgetting Poland.

    Posted by norbizness  on  10/25  at  06:20 PM

  8. Criminy, I didn’t even think of that!  In fact, until this week I thought that Bulgaria was part of Poland!

    Posted by  on  10/25  at  07:37 PM

  9. Michael,

    You’re being too hard on Kerry.  Those 350 tons of explosive stuff only represent 0.00215879 percent of all the explosive stuff out there so it’s really no big deal. And besides, Kerry tried very hard to make sure no one found out about this.  Those darned Iraqis went and spilled the beans anyway.

    Posted by  on  10/26  at  04:42 AM

  10. Michael,

    I’m afraid you’re terribly behind the spin on this (see TPM), but then again, we’re a tough group to stay ahead of.  First, it was the Iraqi’s responsibility for that explosive stuff since they are now sovereign, and the stuff disappeared just last week. Oh wait a minute...it wasn’t our fault because the stuff disappeared before we even invaded. Uh...so it’s the UN’s fault, or something.

    Posted by  on  10/26  at  05:03 AM

  11. I’m sure that the word “wingnuttery” fell out of favor shortly after the invention of the lock washer.

    Posted by Heraldblog  on  10/26  at  05:06 AM

  12. Damn, Scotty, and here I was trying to anticipate today’s spin.  You people really do move fast.  In some areas, anyway.  Not on national security.

    Posted by Michael  on  10/26  at  12:07 PM

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