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Anyone know if there was any suicides of POWs after they were released and having to endure the Kerry Rhetoric?

I can't speak specifically to whether any POW suicides occurred as the result of Kerry, but there were a number of Vietnam vet suicides that occurred after they returned home. Many vets, myself included, were made to feel so disenfranchised and unwanted in this country after we returned from 'Nam, that life became extremely difficult. We were made to feel as though we really were war criminals even though we knew that we had done nothing wrong.

IMO, most suicides by 'Nam vets can be laid at Kerry's feet, but that is just my belief. The MSM reported that those vets were "disturbed" and "unable to assimilate into society" after their experiences in SEAsia. Well, duh! Kerry's lies and fabrications laid that groundwork. If you have never been in that situation, you have no idea what it is like to develop these fantasies about how great things will be once you are "home" or "back in the world", only to have them destroyed by the hostile reception we received as the result of Kerry's lies, deception and betrayal. It was a crushingly difficult time for most of us and we survived only through will power and the belief that things would get better.

Perhaps our reason for surviving the lies of John Kerry is playing out on the front pages today. Perhaps our reason for surviving was to make sure that John Kerry NEVER makes it to the WH and is, on some level, held accountable for his despicable, treasonous activities both in Vietnam and after he came back. Perhaps, today, we can prove that our fallen brothers weren't forgotten 30 years ago. Perhaps, today, we can achieve a measure of justice - and peace - for them.