No, JOHN, you are NOT "The Troops"..
Posted on 09/12/2006 12:48:07 PM PDT by ChuckShick
I agree with that. But we are trying for a political solution; an Iraq with a new constitution and a fairly elected government. When they are up on their feet we are out.
If the Iraqis can't make it work; it's civil war time. Grab your guns and oilfields! - Tom
The Democrat Party: For people who value symbolism over substance.
maybe it was thailand???
John Kerry: "Surrender, grovelling, and all-around snivelling have worked pretty well for me so far in life, and I don't see why I should change my ways now."
Reporter: "But you lost your race for the Presidency....."
Kerry: "Bush stole Ohio, and besides, Teresa promised me a bigger alliance if I try again and win, and anyway everyone knows that Dick Cheney is a big meanie!"
[Kerry walking away] "Whew, glad that's over with, where's my Botox injection?"
Wow I'm shocked he was in Vietnam...news to me...LOL!
sKerry is lieing to himself and others.
Not his Nam crap again! That he or any of these despicable characters on the left can talk about attack teams is just almost hilarious. They are the most vicious group I have ever encountered besides the terrorists themselves.
"He can't even salute properly"
Yeah, Ol' Orange Face really blew that one, since he was trying so hard to make it an iconic moment. What an idjit.
nawwww! i thought he was in Cambodia?
Amazing that he came right out and said that, displaying for all to see his pathetic logical fallacy.
The left really hates this Randy Kuhl (R-NY).
His opponent (Samara Barend)'s campaign manager leaked Kuhl's divorce records in a race for a seat vacated by Amo Houghton (R-NY)'s retirement.
Samara Barend was some sort of Hillary protege and they really wanted this seat to turn blue. They resent Kuhl immensely because he filed suit over the leak AND he won the election.
I'm hoping he wins this year too.
I wonder if his salute was that sorry when he was on active duty. It would not surprise me one bit.
What a revisionist.
great pic! stole it.
WHAT AN A$$HOLE!
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To all:
Good evening. I have asked for this radio and television time tonight for the purpose of announcing that we today have concluded an agreement to end the war and bring peace with honor in Vietnam and in Southeast Asia.
The following statement is being issued at this moment in Washington and Hanoi:
At 12:30 Paris time today [Tuesday], January 23, 1973, the Agreement on Ending the War and Restoring Peace in Vietnam was initialed by Dr. Henry Kissinger on behalf of the United States, and Special Adviser Le Duc Tho on behalf of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam. The agreement will be formally signed by the parties participating in the Paris Conference on Vietnam on January 27, 1973, at the International Conference Center in Paris.
The cease-fire will take effect at 2400 Greenwich Mean Time, January 27, 1973. The United States and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam express the hope that this agreement will insure stable peace in Vietnam and contribute to the preservation of lasting peace in Indochina and Southeast Asia.
That concludes the formal statement. Throughout the years of negotiations, we have insisted on peace with honor. In my addresses to the Nation from this room of January 25 and May 8, [1972] I set forth the goals that we considered essential for peace with honor.
In the settlement that has now been agreed to, all the conditions that I laid down then have been met. A cease-fire, internationally supervised, will begin at 7 p.m., this Saturday, January 27, Washington time. Within 60 days from this Saturday, all Americans held prisoners of war throughout Indochina will be released. There will be the fullest possible accounting for all of those who are missing in action.
During the same 60-day period, all American forces will be withdrawn from South Vietnam.
The people of South Vietnam have been guaranteed the right to determine their own future, without outside interference.
By joint agreement, the full text of the agreement and the protocols to carry it out, will be issued tomorrow.
Throughout these negotiations we have been in the closest consultation with President Thieu and other representatives of the Republic of Vietnam. This settlement meets the goals and has the full support of President Thieu and the Government of the Republic of Vietnam, as well as that of our other allies who are affected.
The United States will continue to recognize the Government of the Republic of Vietnam as the sole legitimate government of South Vietnam.
We shall continue to aid South Vietnam within the terms of the agreement and we shall support efforts by the people of South Vietnam to settle their problems peacefully among themselves.
We must recognize that ending the war is only the first step toward building the peace. All parties must now see to it that this is a peace that lasts, and also a peace that heals, and a peace that not only ends the war in Southeast Asia, but contributes to the prospects of peace in the whole world.
This will mean that the terms of the agreement must be scrupulously adhered to. We shall do everything the agreement requires of us and we shall expect the other parties to do everything it requires of them. We shall also expect other interested nations to help insure that the agreement is carried out and peace is maintained.
As this long and very difficult war ends, I would like to address a few special words to each of those who have been parties in the conflict.
First, to the people and Government of South Vietnam: By your courage, by your sacrifice, you have won the precious right to determine your own future and you have developed the strength to defend that right. We look forward to working with you in the future, friends in peace as we have been allies in war.
To the leaders of North Vietnam: As we have ended the war through negotiations, let us now build a peace of reconciliation. For our part; we are prepared to make a major effort to help achieve that goal. But just as reciprocity was needed to end the war, so, too, will it be needed to build and strengthen the peace.
To the other major powers that have been involved even indirectly: Now is the time for mutual restraint so that the peace we have achieved can last.
And finally, to all of you who are listening, the American people: Your steadfastness in supporting our insistence on peace with honor has made peace with honor possible. I know that you would not have wanted that peace jeopardized. With our secret negotiations at the sensitive stage they were in during this recent period, for me to have discussed publicly our efforts to secure peace would not only have violated our understanding with North Vietnam, it would have seriously harmed and possibly destroyed the chances for peace. Therefore, I know that you now can understand why, during these past several weeks, I have not made any public statements about those efforts.
The important thing was not to talk about peace, but to get peace and to get the right kind of peace. This we have done.
Now that we have achieved an honorable agreement, let us be proud that America did not settle for a peace that would have betrayed our allies, that would have abandoned our prisoners of war, or that would have ended the war for us but would have continued the war for the 50 million people of Indochina. Let us be proud of the 2 1/2 million young Americans who served in Vietnam, who served with honor and distinction in one of the most selfless enterprises in the history of nations. And let us be proud of those who sacrificed, who gave their lives so that the people of South Vietnam might live in freedom and so that the world might live in peace.
In particular, I would like to say a word to some of the bravest people I have ever met-the wives, the children, the families of our prisoners of war and the missing in action. When others called on us to settle on any terms, you had the courage to stand for the right kind of peace so that those who died and those who suffered would not have died and suffered in vain, and so that, where this generation knew war, the next generation would know peace. Nothing means more to me at this moment than the fact that your long vigil is coming to an end.
Just yesterday, a great American, who once occupied this office, died. In his life President [Lyndon B.] Johnson endured the vilification of those who sought to portray him as a man of war. But there was nothing he cared about more deeply than achieving a lasting peace in the world.
I remember the last time I talked with him. It was just the day after New Year's. He spoke then of his concern with bringing peace, with making it the right kind of peace, and I was grateful that he once again expressed his support for my efforts to gain such a peace. No one would have welcomed this peace more than he.
And I know he would join me in asking for those who died and for those who live, let us consecrate this moment by resolving together to make the peace we have achieved a peace that will last.
Thank you and good evening.
No, JOHN, you are NOT "The Troops"..
Yikes...I was just telling the truth about JF'nK through satire....
The RATS killed almost everything about Nixon's peace with honor agreement, by refusing to to provide further funds for the support of RVN.
mR. Kerry, listen to the electorate. Oh, BTW, I am one of the electorate.
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