Viva! Mr. Prieto! Well said!!

Cuba Libre!

Came here through Captain Ed, and your post is stirring and justifiably, righteously angry. Well done, sir.

Kerry had the gall of not only dishonoring the Vietnam veterans, but now the brave souls who fought for the rights and freedom of their own country - Cuba.

How dare him! How dare John Kerry blowing the horn about his military "disservice" while dishonoring the patriots in IRAQ and CUBA.

I am not a Cuban-American. But I would go out and make sure my fellow voters know what a fraud Kerry is...

GO BC 04!!!

Well said Mr. Prieto, well said!!!

Mr. Prieto, you have said what many of us have been thinking. I completely agree with your last line.

slightly off topic
Kerry was a dupe of the VC
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41142

Well said, sir. I hope you will help all of your friends in the Cuban-American community (especially in Florida) to understand this truth as well. Our lives may be on the line in this election.

Look, there are no 2 ways about it, John F Kennedy blew it with the Bay of Pigs. But there is no doubt in my mind, and I say this because I was sitting in Langley VA in October 1962 in a place where I had access to all the info, that JFKennedy redeemed himself on October 22, 1962 when the blockade of Soviet ships to Cuba went into effect. Niki Khurshchev backed off. The new JFK has done nothing to pay for his treason before the Senate committee in 1971. As far as I am concerned he still has a date in Federal Court on a charge of treason.

"redeemed himself" Jim Z? He SOLD US OUT. Silly little blockade did nothing, but his removal of missles from Turkey and the promise to NEVER INVADE Cuba is what made Nikita back down. Of course, that promise led to over 2 decades of communist insurgency in Central and South America. Gee, thanks. "Oh look, I got my PT boat run over and sunk and half my crew killed. I'm a war hero!"

Señor Prieto, como puertorriqueña comparto su indignación.

El senador Kerry no merece ser presidente de los E.E.U.U. Traicionó a las tropas en VietNam y ha humillado a todo soldado y toda persona que desea la libertad cada vez que abre la boca.

I hope that the Cuban-American community is strongly in solidarity against John Kerry. He doesn't deserve any of our respect.

Could Kerry be trying to lose Florida?

Or is he just dumb?

(Well, technically it could be both....)

He just pissed off a whole, big bunch of Cuban Americans. And their kids.

All I can say is, the man is a degenerate scumbag.

Bravo!!

I have words that could describe the Senator, I shall not use them on Val's site.
I am appalled and angry.

Well said. I hope all us Cubans never take for granted our freedom and continue to vote for the anti-tyranny candidates.

Your ancestors were were hung out to dry by high government officials. Their valiant efforts were wasted. When the truth of that came out, Jack Kennedy took the blame.

On the other hand, George Bush passed the buck.

Incorrect, Ara. Kennedy, while he did not instigate the plan, led those men along and at the last minute, not only did he not allow the vital air support to go into the fray, but he changed the invasions landing site. Months of training wasted as the troops had trained specifically to land somewhere else. Damn right Kennedy took the blame, it was his fault.

And it is completely absurd to equate the Bay of Pigs to the war in Iraq. There is a new provisional government in Iraq now, and there will be free elections in the near future. Cuba is still waiting.

He can equate them in the sense that his intentions are the same: sell out Iraq like we sold out Cuba.

un f***ing believable...

Hmmm.

I grew up in a traditionally Democrat family where JFK was revered. Then I read about the utter fiasco at the Bay of Pigs and realised that JFK was an immoral idiot.

The simple fact is that the fiasco at the Bay of Pigs has never been fully addressed in either the public mind of America nor in it's classrooms. That debacle should be taught to every student as an example of Presidential indecision and betrayal.

That Kerry would use the deaths of brave men for political gain is just plain disgusting. It has become increasingly clear that Laura Bush was quite right in her estimation of Kerry. He is not a good man.

I believe that was Lynne Cheney and not Laura Bush, but the general statement remains. He is not a good man.

"On the other hand, George Bush passed the buck."

I'm sorry, Mr. Rubyan, I must have missed the part where George Bush "passed the buck". Could you remind us, please?

Just a beautiful post! Well, well said! What we all know and they wilfully ignore.

I think that your post is unfair since Kerry never criticized the fighters, only the planners. There is a huge difference.

You wrote:
"What a great disservice Mr. Kerry does to those in the armed forces serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, dishonoring not only those Americans serving their country, but their allies."

On what is this based; please show me a Kerry quote in which he dishonored the servicemen and women in Iraq.

You wrote:
"Like the men of Brigade 2506, the Iraqi's are fighting for their freedom. They depend on the strength of not just the US forces serving alongside them, but of the strength and conviction of the one man leading them."

I agree that leadership is key. I don't think that you can possibly think that this war in Iraq has been well led.

Are we still vying for hearts and minds? Are the troops properly equipped? Are they properly trained for securing the peace? Are they serving unusually lengthy tours? Is the mortality rate rising? Are we bearing the bulk of this burden? Why are we there? Which reason is it today?

Don't lump me in with the fuzzy headed liberals that would pull out of Iraq. That is not me.

But if you are talking about incompetence in leadership, I think it is fair to note JFK and the Bay of Pigs and George Bush and Iraq.

And I think that one can do this without being misconstrued as denigrating the brave soldiers that are bearing the additional burdens born from poor strategy.