[Sabertooth]

The point of course, is not to imply a connection between Senator Kerry and Joseph Remiro or the SLA.

The point is that the VVAW was demonstrably capable, in the leftist, anti-war environment of the early 1970s, of attracting Vietnam Veterans and radicalizing them to such a degree that they would be willing to carry out political assassinations on American soil.

[VadeRetro]

Missed this thread at first. Good work!

[Doctor Stochastic]

...three armed figures ...

No doubt breaking loose from that Hindu temple caused the loss of the fourth arm.

[Fedora]

Excellent work, Sabertooth! Here's another aspect of the SLA which might be worth looking into, not directly related to what you're discussing but perhaps indirectly:

The Jonestown Report, November 2000, Volume 2

Richard Williams, an independent researcher in North Carolina, is studying the ideological, political, and possible direct connections between Peoples Temple, MOVE, and the Symbionese Liberation Army

Jonestown Audiotape Primary Project : Transcripts

Newscaster: The Peoples Temple Christian Church of Redwood Valley, led by Pastor Jim Jones, has voted to contribute $2000 to meet the demands of Patricia Hearst, who was taken hostage recently by the Symbionese Liberation Army. This morning, I asked uh, Jim Jones about this situation. . .

[SNIP]

Newscaster: Pastor Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple Church in Redwood Valley. A member of that church now telling us that Jim has made that offer because of similar circumstances which he has been personally involved with. . .have offered themselves as hostages to the Symbionese Liberation Army in exchange for kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst. The offer was made to the Hearst family several days ago privately by Jones, and has since leaked out to the public. In commenting on the offer, Jones says, they were not trying to hide anything, only do that which they thought was right, and he again deplored the tactics of the SLA in the kidnapping.

To put this in context, Jim Jones had extensive political connections to the California Democratic Party on both local and state levels--for instance:

A few weeks after the massacre in Jonestown, Governor Jerry Brown ordered the Temple's records removed from San Francisco

Brown had accepted People's Temple contributions and the help of the church's children in his electoral campaigns. He had known, too, the potential votes Jones's "troops" commanded for future campaigns for higher office.

Source: Kenneth Wooden, former reporter for the Chicago Sun-Times

[JohnHuang2]

[Poohbah]

I was an E-6 Staff Sgt. Drill Sgt. when I left the Army, and I knew an E-6 Marine Gunnery Sgt.

Pain in the a$$ detail: A USMC Gunnery Sergeant is an E-7; the USMC E-6 rank is identical to the Army's, "Staff Sergeant."

Coupled with his repeating all of the myths about how Vietnam veterans were bitter, disenfranchised losers, I have to conclude this guy's a phony.