Shortly before 60 Minutes ran the forged documents regarding President Bush's National Guard service, John Kerry began talking about the issue again, and he raised questions as to whether President Bush went AWOL. What a coincidence! How did he know to start talking about that story just days before 60 Minutes ran the story? Other evidence further suggests prior knowledge by the Kerry campaign.
Interestingly enough, less than three weeks ago Kerry said that President Bush, "didn’t even guard the ammo dumps." He said this on national television in the town-hall debate in St. Louis. What ammo dumps were Kerry talking about? We never heard any story about failure to guard ammo dumps before this week. Another coincidence? Perhaps. But when too many coincidences happen, they're no longer coincidences.
The complete debate transcript.
The context in which Kerry made this comment:
KERRY: You rely on good military people to execute the military component of the strategy, but winning the peace is larger than just the military component.
General Shinseki had the wisdom to say, “You’re going to need several hundred thousand troops to win the peace.” The military’s job is to win the war.
A president’s job is to win the peace.
The president did not do what was necessary. Didn’t bring in enough nation. Didn’t deliver the help. Didn’t close off the borders. Didn’t even guard the ammo dumps. And now our kids are being killed with ammos right out of that dump.
