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Monday, October 25, 2004

Kerry scandal

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 Michael on 10/25 at 02:13 PM
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