John Kerry insulted the intelligence of the troops and now he insults the intelligence of the rest of America by offering a ridiculous explanation. A botched joke? If you listen to the speech, it's obviously untrue. I think whoever writes Kerry's jokes would have made the reference a little clearer. But, let's take him at this word and say that it was an attempt at a joke. Why is it funny to say that people who don't study history make policy mistakes in which thousands of people have died? Is that a laughing matter?

OK, so which history is Kerry talking about? Vietnam? Would Kerry like to repeat the most shameful foreign policy decision in American history (leaving the thousands of Vietnamese who fought for their country to the Communists who then proceeded to kill thousands and place millions in re-education camps) and abandon the Iraqi troops and civilians who are dying to preserve a fragile democracy from the most evil, hateful, people on Earth?

Kerry goes on to say that he would never insult the troops because he's a veteran. What gall! The first thing he did upon returning from Vietnam is insult the troops; and in front of the whole nation!

He follows with gratuitous vast right wing conspiracy comments.

By the way, in his explanation below, Kerry comes up with more convoluted reasoning when he explains his Iraq policy. He insists that leaving Iraq will not embolden terrorists. I guess he thinks terrorists will decide to keep fighting the other factions in Iraq until the Americans leave and then just embrace their fellow Iraqis.