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To: SBprone
I thought it was Nebraska Sen Bob Kerry who whacked a whole bunch of civvies during his tour. Are they talking about the right Kerry when referring to the Zumwalt quote?

Admiral Zumwalt was routinely listed as a minor contributor to Senator Bob Kerrey's election campaigns for Senator and President. Kerrey was a Medal of Honor winner. I am sure Admiral Zumwalt knew to which Senator he was referring.

Regards,

TS

29 posted on 02/11/2004 7:41:56 PM PST by The Shrew (Radio FreeRepublic - The New NPR)
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To: The Shrew
Here's info on the Bob Kerry incident and John Kerry's support of him.

See Viet Vet Urges Kerry To Come Clean for more details:

When challenged last week to repudiate his previous testimony, after I faxed to his office for review, a spokesman there abruptly terminated the call saying if Senator Kerry testified to it, he stands by it. The Senator recently condoned the alleged atrocities, war crimes, committed by a fellow Democratic Senator and Vietnam Veteran, Robert Kerrey. He said the operation should not be investigated because it allegedly happened all the time in Vietnam. Further, on the Sam Donaldson show, Kerry short shrifted the program, Phoenix, under which the atrocity allegedly occurred, saying he personally helped conduct similar anti-infrastructure operations, ferrying SEALs. This, apparently is part of the source of the Senator¹s alleged first hand knowledge he testified to before.

The Senator, as a former officer, knows his obligations were to avoid participating in war crimes and reporting them when knowledge of them occurred. Instead, the Senator broad brushed veterans of the war as crazed killers forced to be that because of governmental policy. As a US Senator now, when faced head on with an allegation that a member of his party, his Senatorial Fraternity, Robert Kerrey helped cut a civilian's throat and possibly commanded an operation that killed over 20 civilians without provocation, the Senator Kerry reverted to the 1971 allegations that everyone did it. He ignored the formalized eyewitness allegation by a veteran of that operation who belatedly lived up to a responsibility to report a crime. Murder in a war zone has no time limits for investigation or prosecution.

37 posted on 02/11/2004 7:50:48 PM PST by rocklobster11
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To: The Shrew
I don't doubt that Zumwalt knew who he was talking about. But I don't know if the Taipei Times can tell one Kerry from another. Bob Kerry was a SEAL and he is reputed to have snuffed several civilians one night while on a hunt for VC cadre. From what I've read it was the sort of thing that might keep somebody from running for President.
48 posted on 02/11/2004 8:08:29 PM PST by SBprone
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