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Originally Posted by florida0214
"You know, education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't you get stuck in Iraq."
Now this comment, According to Kerry, was a jab at the president, however the president is not the one stuck in Iraq. Our American soldiers are. Now we know who is to blame for this, but that is not what was said.
If you look at this statement backwards you will see that the result of being uneducated and not making an effort to be smart will result in you getting stuck in Iraq. It is, by no means a stretch to see how so many tropps might get offended. He may have not meant it but he still said it. Maybe he should fire his speech writer or simply stop TRYING to make jokes. The president is mentioned nowhere in his "joke". This was a very stupid comment and his attempts to make an apology were pathetic.
Yes, her served. So what I Have served with anti-military individuals and anti-government individuals. Because you served, does not mean you love the troops and would never want to hurt them or their families.
Come on Kerry admit this was stupid comment and apologize to our troops.
Lets see how this gets defended. what do you all think?
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No...you mis-interpreted the joke, I'm afraid. It is not a dis to the troops. More of a lament. All the joke means is that having to go to Iraq is
not "doing well," and certainly isn't the desired result of hard study and decent education. Read it again.
The way to interpret this as an attack on the president (and I'm only explaining the plain English of it), is the same way we're used to: as a criticism of the fact that he declared war, and as a result, American soldiers now have to be there, sometimes dying, instead of at home making lives for themselves.