Kerry rips into Bush over Iraqi explosives

DEMOCRATIC challenger John Kerry turned President Bush’s own words into a weapon yesterday and said it was the Republican incumbent who had jumped to conclusions in Iraq, disqualifying him from being commander-in-chief.

The Massachusetts senator, energised by his beloved Boston Red Sox’s long-awaited win in baseball’s World Series and a joint appearance with rocker Bruce Springsteen, launched a withering attack on Bush over 380 tons of missing explosives in Iraq and chided his rival for invoking the memory of President John Kennedy.

Kerry said the weapons were not “where they were supposed to be, you were warned to guard them, you didn’t guard them. They’re not secure, and, guess what, according to George Bush’s own words, he shouldn’t be our commander-in-chief and I couldn’t agree more.”