FREEREPUBLIC NET LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON “WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION”

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 23, 2004
Contact: Scott Swett (frn@freeper.org) (703) 863-8033

FREE REPUBLIC NETWORK LAUNCHES WEB SITE ON "WINTER SOLDIER INVESTIGATION" AND KERRY SLANDER OF U.S. TROOPS IN VIETNAM

(Washington, DC) The Free Republic Network today announced the unveiling of www.WinterSoldier.com, a new web site to provide news, analysis and research material regarding the false claim by John Kerry and others during the Vietnam era that atrocities were routinely committed by America's military.

In 1971 former Navy Lt. John Kerry testified before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about American "war crimes" in Southeast Asia, which he described as "not isolated incidents but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command". Free Republic Network Director Scott Swett released the following statement:

"John Kerry played a key role in the leftist disinformation campaign that undermined support for the war by slandering a generation of American soldiers as mass murderers of civilians. Kerry testified before the Senate that the United States committed war crimes in Vietnam as a matter of military policy, citing claims of atrocities made at the discredited 'Winter Soldier Investigation' -- an event primarily funded by Jane Fonda."

"The truth is that atrocities were the exception in Vietnam, not the rule."

"Since Senator Kerry has made the strength of his military record a key issue in his pursuit of the Presidency, it is important for voters to have access to a more complete picture of his actions than is available from the Kerry campaign or the media. WinterSoldier.com will document and analyze the activities in which Kerry and others participated during the Vietnam era."

The site features a section on Kerry's hard-to-find 1971 book "The New Soldier" and covers the activities of the group Vietnam Veterans Against the War and its sponsors. New information will be added as it becomes available. Readers are invited to provide feedback, submit editorial pieces, and provide relevant material. The site will go live on Monday, February 23, 2004.

The Free Republic Network www.FreeRepublic.net is a 501(c)(4) public service corporation whose mission is to organize, train and support conservative activists nationwide. It provides information and organizational services to more than 50 regional and issue-based chapters around the country, and serves as the activism arm of the Free Republic Forum www.FreeRepublic.com.

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[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Kerry is a liar, and I resent the fact that neither he nor Fonda and their ilk were ever charged with treason."

Blame Nixon for that.
And blame Nixon for pulling us out of a war we actually won.
Nixon turned his back on the silent majority and gave it all up to the radical minority.

[Hon]

"Damning stuff. Can't believe we missed it."

Well, you've used most of the stuff I have posted here at FR over the past few weeks, I can't believe you missed that. LOL

It's just it might be a good idea to use at least one photo that was actually before or around the WSI. The vast number of photos you have posted are after the WSI and are from Dewey Canyon III.

[kabar]

even though his father had been ambassador to Switzerland

Although I agree strongly with you sentiment, you weaken your argument by providing incorrect information. Kerry's father was in the Foreign Service, but he was never the US Ambassador to Switzerland.

[Hon]

As you can see from this info Kerry's whole speech was supported by unreliable witnesses from an unreliable author. Therefore Kerry's speech is not relevant.

Uh, Kerry accused the U.S. military of something approximating genocide based on a sham investigation, and now he wants to be President.

I think we have different definitions of "relevant."

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I hope you realize that you are not quoting me. The "not relevant" remark is a quote. I find it all highly relevant, as my dozens of threads on the subject should indicate.

[Interesting Times]

Believe it or not, we didn't use any of your stuff, though our research obviously followed parallel paths. And you're quite right, we will need to include photos and other material from RAW and from Winter Soldier itself. These will be added soon.

[Interesting Times]

Okay, my mistake.

[Squantos]

Good Lord....That POS sure has an imagination. He must have been "part" of these alledged atrocities as it seems Gundecker Kerry is too knowledgeable of the events to not have been at each and everyone of em.......or he's just lying out his ass !

Stay Safe ........

[Hon]

"Believe it or not, we didn't use any of your stuff, though our research obviously followed parallel paths. And you're quite right, we will need to include photos and other material from RAW and from Winter Soldier itself. These will be added soon."

I don't believe it.

[Petronski]

This is an excellent idea. Please be extremely careful to vet the information. If explosive charges are to be made, they must be grounded firmly in fact.

[Interesting Times]

Believe what you like...

We did, however, track your threads with a certain amount of pain as you posted stuff we already had and were hoping to break...

[The Shrew]

Visit our .."WE WERE SOLDIERS".. Forum: WE WERE SOLDIERS

I have!

Ronnie, did you notice the dedication FRN put on WinterSoldier.com?

Semper Fi!

TS

[baseballmom]

Great job with this site.

The Truth Will Set You Free.

[clyde260]

Ping, pang, POW!
Bookmarked, fowarded, and printing (for non-web friends) Now must read more.

Thanks

P.S. We all gotta remember first focus: Get Lurch the Demoncrass nomination FIRST.

[Dan(9698)]

...Am I missing something? Are the stories I heard 25 to 30 years ago from neighbors, co workers and other Veterans who where there bogus?

Yes they are bogus. They fall into two categories.

First, the ones telling the stories are not telling you that they did the bad deeds, they are telling you that someone else (unnamed) did it and they heard about it.

The other is like Kerry's buddies who testified to the senate about all the bad deeds, but when you check, they were never in battle in Vietnam. Most were not even in the service.

There are many who claim to be Green Berets who were never in the Army. Check them out on the Green Berets site. They are not listed.

[Hon]

It's not worth getting into, but I find it hard to believe you dug up the 1971 "Meet The Press" trancript on your own:

John Kerry Is A Self-Admitted War Criminal

Similarly the VVAW's trip to Paris to meet with the Viet Cong:

Kerry's Group Met With The Viet Cong In Paris In 1971

That information and much else I posted here over the past few months was so obscure I got a lot of grief from people who thought it was bogus.

I'm glad you're using it and other information that I and others have dug up and publicized.

I don't expect any thanks or credit. I would just not like to have my head taken off when I try to correct your misinformation and help with some of the mischaracterizations.

[The Shrew]

There are many who claim to be Green Berets who were never in the Army. Check them out on the Green Berets site. They are not listed.

Do you have a link to that site? I know the SEALS have a site that debunks posers but I didn't know the Green Beret's had one.

Semper Fi!

TS

[Interesting Times]

It's not worth getting into, but I find it hard to believe you dug up the 1971 "Meet The Press" trancript on your own: John Kerry Is A Self-Admitted War Criminal

http://hnn.us/articles/3552.html

Similarly the VVAW's trip to Paris to meet with the Viet Cong:

Like I said, we have "Winter Soldier" and "Home to War."

[kabar]

Good info. The VVAW were not alone. "In March 1971 Jane Fonda traveled to Paris and had a private meeting with North Vietnam's lead peace talk negotiator." At a press conference following this meeting, Fonda told the French Press the USG, the Pentagon, and the CIA are "the real war criminals in Vietnam."

I recommend the seminal book about Fonda's antiwar activities by Henry and Erika Hollzer, "Aid and Comfort" Jane Fonda in North Vietnam. It is a well-documented book with hundreds of footnotes. The Holzers make a compelling case that Fonda should have been tried for treason using legal precedent and the Constitution. The VVAW association is also included.

[Hon]

BTW, you might think about having a separate section for each "operation" with a introductory blurb about the where, when and who were involved.

Operation Raw (Rapid American Withdraw)
Winter Soldier Investigation
Dewey Canyon III

With maybe a general section about the VVAW and its history and membership.

[Hon]

"In March 1971 Jane Fonda traveled to Paris and had a private meeting with North Vietnam's lead peace talk negotiator."

I didn't know that. I wonder if Fonda didn't then arrange for the VVAW's meeting with them (or the NLF) later in the year.

I would guess she would have had to have had a hand it in. (As of course did Kerry.) Good get!