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they were not standing up for Kerry, they were reporting that there were NO atrocities committed - so they were standing up for themselves and the military, and inadvertantly had to help Alter Boy out of a jam...

Did you see the clips on Fox? They were pretty brief, but they looked to me like they were from Kerry campaign events/speeches. I just don't understand why, given that Kerry in 1971 so notoriously claimed all these atrocities, these veterans would, in 1996, state their defense of veterans at a Kerry campaign event. I can understand if they had spoken out then in a different forum, but to combine their rebuttal to atrocity claims (when the most famous of those claims had come from John Kerry) with support of John Kerry at Kerry's campaign event makes no sense to me. I mean, I assume John Kerry wouldn't feature veterans at his campaign events to show what a liar he was in 1971. So what am I missing? Did I misunderstand the clips I saw? I thought the Fox commentators were fairly clear that these veterans had supported Kerry's bids for office in the past. I hope there is an explanation for this seeming inconsistency which will prevent it from detracting from the importance of the news conference.

I have heard from various freepers about this Fox report but have not seen it myself.

I do know that watching this event, there is zero doubt in my mind who the credible party is, and it is this swift boat group.

I'm sure the fact that Kerry is now running for POTUS and hence Commander in Chief is the one major factor here.

The trolls must be out. Kerry requested the support of fellow veterans to defend him against charges that Kerry committed war crimes. The veterans correctly stated that he didn't commit war crimes. Subsquently, Kerry appeared on MTP and in his biography "Tour of Duty" and reversed his position and asserted that war crimes were committed by him and his colleagues. It is Kerry who is being inconsistent.