John Kerry Has a History of Insulting the Military
Big Dog at Big Dog's Weblog on Nov 02 2006 at 9:28 am | Filed under: Feature Article, Politicians at Work
In 1972 John Kerry filled out a questionnaire for a group called Massachusetts Political Action for Peace. In that questionnaire, he was asked about the military. Here are a few of the things he wrote:
“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.’
“Equally as important, a volunteer army with our present constitutional crisis takes accountability away from the president and put the people further from control over military activities,” he wrote. WBAL
Notice that Kerry was convinced an all volunteer Army would be the poor, the black and the brown. His statement about war crimes also illustrates that he believes professional Armies perpetrate war crimes. He did not say he fears they would be more prone to or might have more incentive, the sentence states it as a given in the premise. Kerry viewed a professional Army as criminals.
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