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John Kerry Is A Self-Admitted War Criminal
Meet The Press ^ | April 18, 1971 | N/A

Posted on 02/09/2004 9:31:43 AM PST by Hon

Edited on 02/24/2004 10:10:07 PM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]

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A portion of John Kerry's remarks on NBC's "Meet the Press" April 18, 1971:

MR. CROSBY NOYES (Washington Evening Star): Mr. Kerry, you said at one time or another that you think our policies in Vietnam are tantamount to genocide and that the responsibility lies at all chains of command over there. Do you consider that you personally as a Naval officer committed atrocities in Vietnam or crimes punishable by law in this country?

KERRY: There are all kinds of atrocities, and I would have to say that, yes, yes, I committed the same kind of atrocities as thousands of other soldiers have committed in that I took part in shootings in free fire zones. I conducted harassment and interdiction fire. I used 50 calibre machine guns, which we were granted and ordered to use, which were our only weapon against people. I took part in search and destroy missions, in the burning of villages. All of this is contrary to the laws of warfare, all of this is contrary to the Geneva Conventions and all of this is ordered as a matter of written established policy by the government of the United States from the top down. And I believe that the men who designed these, the men who designed the free fire zone, the men who ordered us, the men who signed off the air raid strike areas, I think these men, by the letter of the law, the same letter of the law that tried Lieutenant Calley, are war criminals.


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2004; admiturmojohon; kerry; mtp; vietnam; warcriminal
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To: FourtySeven
unless something is sourced EXACTLY, the more virulent left wingers won't accept this as "truth".

They will refuse to believe it anyway.

21 posted on 02/09/2004 10:28:43 AM PST by StriperSniper (Manuel Miranda - Whistleblower)
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To: Hon
Does anybody know who is sitting next to Kerry in this picture???
22 posted on 02/09/2004 10:46:06 AM PST by Dr._Joseph_Warren
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To: Hon
Who is theother guy with kerry? Anyone know?
23 posted on 02/09/2004 10:50:57 AM PST by robowombat
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To: Dr._Joseph_Warren
"Does anybody know who is sitting next to Kerry in this picture???"

Yes. It is another fraud. (A bogus Vietnam Vet.)

See this thread on that very subject:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1074451/posts
24 posted on 02/09/2004 10:58:43 AM PST by Hon
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To: Hon
My tagline says it all.
25 posted on 02/09/2004 11:31:20 AM PST by ambrose (John Kerry is a War Criminal, Not War Hero)
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To: Hon
Bump
26 posted on 02/09/2004 11:33:30 AM PST by Darnright
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To: Hon
Cross-linking:

-John Kerry- some selected, informative links...--

27 posted on 02/09/2004 11:37:48 AM PST by backhoe (Just an old Keyboard Cowboy, ridin' the TrackBall into the Sunset...)
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To: Britton J Wingfield
bump
28 posted on 02/09/2004 1:01:58 PM PST by Britton J Wingfield
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To: LisaMalia
"I pledge, on the grave of my dear friend, James William Lunsford.....who gave his life in Vietnam, to do everything in my power to get the truth out about Comrade Kerry."

Good for you. It's something we owe to everybody who ever served honorably.
29 posted on 02/09/2004 1:16:06 PM PST by Hon
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To: All
Here are a list of Jane Fonda's comments she made while in North Vietnam in July of 1972 as compiled by Bruce Herschensohn:

"I'm very honored to be a guest in your country, and I loudly condemn the crimes that have been committed by the U.S. Government in the name of the American people against your country. A growing number of people in the United States not only demand an end to the war, an end to the bombing, a withdrawal of all U.S. troops, and an end to the support of the Thieu clique, but we identify with the struggle of your people. We have understood that we have a common enemy: U.S. imperialism...

"I want to publicly accuse Nixon of being a new-type Hitler whose crimes are being unveiled. I want to publicly charge that while waging the war of aggression in Vietnam he has betrayed everything the American people have at heart. The tragedy is for the United States and not for the Vietnamese people, because the Vietnamese people will soon regain their independence and freedom...

"To the U.S. servicemen who are stationed on the aircraft carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin, those of you who load the bombs on the planes should know that those weapons are illegal. And the use of those bombs or condoning the use of those bombs, makes one a war criminal.

"I'm not a pacifist. I understand why the Vietnamese are fighting...against a white man's racist aggression. We know what U.S. imperialism has done to our country so we know what lies in store for any third world country that could have the misfortune of falling into the hands of a country such as the United States and becoming a colony...You know that when Nixon says the war is winding down, that he's lying."

Within six months our military involvement was over.

http://adnetsolfp2.adnetsol.com/ssl_claremont/int_aff/herschensohn000706.cfm
30 posted on 02/09/2004 10:33:28 PM PST by Hon
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To: Hon
What You Don't Know about John Kerry
31 posted on 02/09/2004 10:48:25 PM PST by Salvation (†With God all things are possible.†)
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To: Rhys Ifans
"The bugger is against our having a defense against ballistic missiles."

He seems to be against us having any kind of defense. I don't think there has ever been a defense program he hasn't opposed.
35 posted on 02/16/2004 3:25:00 PM PST by Hon
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To: Rhys Ifans
"Why should the country thank the veteran after you told the country that the veterans were a bunch of murderers?"

Good question.
36 posted on 02/21/2004 8:03:57 AM PST by Hon
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To: Hon

Bump for reference


37 posted on 10/17/2004 12:15:48 PM PDT by mattdono ("Crush the democrats, drive them before you, and hear the lamentations of the scumbags" -Big Arnie)
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