From November 2006 ...
A "poorly stated joke," suggesting a lack of education got American soldiers "stuck in Iraq."
Republicans say Kerry's off-script gaffe is a clear demonstration of the Democratic Party's disdain for the military and "blame America first" mentality.
"John Kerry, Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and the rest of the 'blame America first' crowd, they want to blame Iraq on the president, (Defense Secretary Donald) Rumsfeld and everyone else," said House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-Ohio, referring to his Democratic colleagues in the House and Senate. "Why don't we blame it on the terrorists, the people who killed 2,000 people here in New York? Let's not blame it on everybody else.
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