Dispel the "Kerry as-War-Hero" Myth Right Now! (CLICK HERE)

various | 2-14-04

[jmstein7]

Dispel the "Kerry as-War-Hero" Myth Right Now!  (CLICK HERE)

 

In case nobody noticed, I should point out that almost every time we have a Media FReep -- e.g. the Imminence Myth or the Bush Recession Myth -- the media shuts up about the topic for a while (probably because they know they've been caught).

Anyway, there is an important myth that needs to be dispelled right now -- the myth that Kerry is a War Hero.  Click here if you don't know why this is a myth.

Here are three steps you can take to help dispel the myth.

1)  Open the "Write for W" window by clicking HERE.

Make sure to enter your ZipCode in the top box and press enter.  You will see a list of local papers.  Check off every paper on the list.  Then, fill in all the personal information and write an email.  If you don't have time, or need an idea as far as what to write, you can look at this sample email:

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A person cannot be both a War Hero and a War Criminal.  John Kerry is not a War Hero, as he, himself, has admitted that he committed war crimes.  On Meet the Press on May 6, 2001, Tim Russert played John Kerry an audio tape from April 18, 1971, where Kerry was asked whether he committed war crimes in Vietnam.  Kerry’s response, on the 1971 tape, was:

 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. . .

 Therefore, having admitted to committing war crimes, it is disingenuous for Kerry to now claim the mantle of “Hero.”  It is even more disingenuous for the media to keep perpetuating the “Hero” myth. 

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Go ahead and send it!

2)  Fox News tends to listen to reason.  So, by all means, send them this email as well (if you need semicolons instead of commas, you can do it by hand or automatically find-replace in Word:

Afterhours@foxnews.com,Foxreport@foxnews.com,
Atlarge@foxnews.com,Hannity@foxnews.com,Beyondthenews@foxnews.com,
Colmes@foxnews.com,Bullsandbears@foxnews.com,Heartland@foxnews.com
,Cash@foxnews.com,Ontherecord@foxnews.com,Cavuto@foxnews.com,
Patsajakweekend@foxnews.com,Dayside@foxnews.com,Special@foxnews.com,
Forbes@foxnews.com,Studiob@foxnews.com,Friends@foxnews.com,
Beltway@foxnews.com,Foxmagazine@foxnews.com,Myword@foxnews.com,
Comments@foxnews.com,Oreilly@foxnews.com,Comments@foxnews.com,
Warstories@foxnews.com,FNS@foxnews.com,Cavuto@foxnews.com,
Newswatch@foxnews.com

3)  Make sure to email the major news outlets.  I have broken them into three separate lists for your use:

letters@newsweek.com, letters@time.com, conedit@ajc.com, letters@baltsun.com, letter@globe.com, news@globe.com, letterstoeditor@bostonherald.com, opinion@charlotte.com, letters@suntimes.com, news@cleveland.com, letterstoeditor@dallasnews.com, letters@denverpost.com, business@det-freepress.com, letter@detnews.com, viewpoints@chron.com, letters@latimes.com, HeraldEd@herald.com, politics@startribune.com, letters@newsday.com, letters@nytimes.com, Inquirer.Opinion@phillynews.com, DailyNews.Opinion@phillynews.com, letters@post-gazette.com, letters@uniontrib.com, chronletters@sfgate.com, letters@examiner.com, letters@sjmercury.com, editpage@seattle-pi.com, opinion@seatimes.com, editor@usatoday.com, letter.editor@edit.wsj.com, Letterstoed@washpost.com, wtnews@wt.infi.net, feedback@cnn.com, cnn.onair@cnn.com, crossfire@cnn.com, viewer@c-span.org

comments@foxnews.com, hardball@cnbc.com, letters@msnbc.com, opinion@msnbc.com, TheNews@msnbc.com, dateline@news.nbc.com, nightly@news.nbc.com, today@news.nbc.com, MTP@nbc.com, speaker@aim.org, takeaction@americasvoice.com, pat@theamericancause.org, cbnonline@cbn.org, viewer@c-span.org, cato@free-market.net, drudge@drudgereport.com, comment@foxnews.com, letter@globe.com, insight@wt.infi.net, jwatch@erols.com, imus@msnbc.com, hq@lp.org, marklevin@aol.com, jacolumn@toto.net, feedback@usatoday.com, editor@dolphin.gulf.net, TalkBack@CNN.com,Reliable@CNN.com,NewsNight@cnn.com

late.edition@cnn.com,InsidePolitics@CNN.com, Dateline@nbc.com, MTP@nbc.com,today@nbc.com,lauren.kapp@abc.com, oreilly@foxnews.com,special@foxnews.com, hannity@foxnews.com,Nightly@nbc.com,evening@cbsnews.com, Letters@washpost.com,nytnews@nytimes.com, letters@nytimes.com,letters@nypost.com

Now, this put this on notice that people are wise to their misstatements, and, if challenged, they will not be able to claim that they didn't know.

If you have a PING list, please PING it.

Also, please feel free to respond with other email lists to email the info to, or with bad email addresses.

 

[longtermmemmory]

Is this challenging if Kerry actually earned thos medals? Is he going to open HIS military file.

[FBD]

From:
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml

{SNIP}
“…In the distance, an elderly man was tending his water buffalo -- and serving as human cover for a dozen Viet Cong manning a machine-gun nest.

"Open fire; let's take 'em," Kerry ordered, according to his second-in-command, James Wasser of Illinois. Wasser blasted away with his M-60, hitting the old man, who slumped into the water, presumably dead. With a clear path to the enemy, the fusillade from Kerry's Navy boat, backed by a pair of other small vessels, silenced the machine-gun nest.

When it was over, the Viet Cong were dead, wounded, or on the run. A civilian apparently was killed, and two South Vietnamese allies who had alerted Kerry's crew to the enemy were either wounded or killed….”

[jmstein7]

Did you give them the date of the MTP interview and the audio tape? Did she say that others (like me) have called about this?

[longtermmemmory]

Are there public records of who was or was not awarded a medal? Does the military keep track so people can ask?

[FBD]

From:
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml

{SNIP}
“…In the distance, an elderly man was tending his water buffalo -- and serving as human cover for a dozen Viet Cong manning a machine-gun nest.

"Open fire; let's take 'em," Kerry ordered, according to his second-in-command, James Wasser of Illinois. Wasser blasted away with his M-60, hitting the old man, who slumped into the water, presumably dead. With a clear path to the enemy, the fusillade from Kerry's Navy boat, backed by a pair of other small vessels, silenced the machine-gun nest.

When it was over, the Viet Cong were dead, wounded, or on the run. A civilian apparently was killed, and two South Vietnamese allies who had alerted Kerry's crew to the enemy were either wounded or killed….”

“…Kerry initially hoped to continue his service at a relatively safe distance from most fighting, securing an assignment as "swift boat" skipper. While the 50-foot swift boats cruised the Vietnamese coast a little closer to the action than the Gridley had come, they were still considered relatively safe.

"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."…”

[BOBTHENAILER]

I gave her the exact date, she did not refer to any other callers, but was quick with the response of "Maybe they can get a transcript of the Russert interview", which would lead me to believe that the calls have made an impact.

[angkor]

So either John Kerry is an unindicted war criminal or a traitor.

In today's local DC-area Vietnamese newspaper, a front page article repeatedly refers to Kerry as a "phan boi", or traitor.

[jmstein7]

This merits a repost:

From:
http://www.boston.com/globe/nation/packages/kerry/061603.shtml

{SNIP}
“…In the distance, an elderly man was tending his water buffalo -- and serving as human cover for a dozen Viet Cong manning a machine-gun nest.

"Open fire; let's take 'em," Kerry ordered, according to his second-in-command, James Wasser of Illinois. Wasser blasted away with his M-60, hitting the old man, who slumped into the water, presumably dead. With a clear path to the enemy, the fusillade from Kerry's Navy boat, backed by a pair of other small vessels, silenced the machine-gun nest.

When it was over, the Viet Cong were dead, wounded, or on the run. A civilian apparently was killed, and two South Vietnamese allies who had alerted Kerry's crew to the enemy were either wounded or killed….”

“…Kerry initially hoped to continue his service at a relatively safe distance from most fighting, securing an assignment as "swift boat" skipper. While the 50-foot swift boats cruised the Vietnamese coast a little closer to the action than the Gridley had come, they were still considered relatively safe.

"I didn't really want to get involved in the war," Kerry said in a little-noticed contribution to a book of Vietnam reminiscences published in 1986. "When I signed up for the swift boats, they had very little to do with the war. They were engaged in coastal patrolling and that's what I thought I was going to be doing."…”

[jmstein7]

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[Chad Fairbanks]

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[W04Man]

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[MegaSilver]

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[spunkets]

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[upchuck]

Here's another for your email listing:

Aiken Standard Newspaper, Aiken, South Carolina: editorial@aikenstandard.com

[jmstein7]

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[MeekOneGOP]

Go RM, go RM!!! Hit that PING list :)

haha ! Okay. Here ya go ! ...

Dispel the "Kerry as-War-Hero" Myth Right Now!

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[jmstein7]

Yes!

Thar she blows!!!

[Victoria Delsoul]

Therefore, having admitted to committing war crimes, it is disingenuous for Kerry to now claim the mantle of "Hero." It is even more disingenuous for the media to keep perpetuating the "Hero" myth.

Excellent observation! And Kerry has admitted doing so. This is getting exciting.

[U S Army EOD]

Tell some of the WO's I know that they rank below 2LT or Enswines.

[U S Army EOD]

If the RPG was less than ten feet from his boat it should not have armed itself. Kerry's boat had a five foot draft, how did he get so close to shore?