Kerry stand on abuses gets backlash; Former commanders criticize 1971 talk of Vietnam atrocities

Boston Globe ^ | 5.13.04

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Kerry stand on abuses gets backlash Former commanders criticize 1971 talk of Vietnam atrocities

By Michael Kranish and Bryan Bender, Globe Staff | May 13, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The scenes seemed eerily familiar. In 1971, shocking testimony about US wartime atrocities was delivered in a Senate hearing room by a young US Navy lieutenant, John F. Kerry. On Friday, almost exactly 33 years later, shocking testimony about US wartime abuses was once again laid out in a Senate hearing room, in this case about US treatment of Iraqi prisoners.

Even as President Bush apologized for the abuses by the military under his command, questions have resurfaced about allegations that Kerry, his Democratic challenger for the presidency, made about the behavior of US troops in Vietnam three decades ago.

Bush administration officials insist that the abuses in Iraq were confined to a small number of bad apples; Kerry's Vietnam allegations portrayed widespread atrocities against the local population by the US military. His accusations of gang rape and mutilations and village burnings enraged some other veterans, several of whom convened a press conference last week to argue that Kerry is not fit to serve as commander in chief.

[Enduring Freedom]

Whenever I think of Jean Qaerry, I imagine the pompous as#hole described as standing for hours in front of a mirror fixing his hair.

I think of how he would lead America as President in War against the Muslims.

When I awake from my nightmare, I am always drenched in a cold sweat.

[jmstein7]

BUMP!

[Larry381]

I think of how he would lead America as President in War against the Muslims. When I awake from my nightmare, I am always drenched in a cold sweat

If this a-hole is elected President I predict he will attempt to convene a peace conference, under UN patronage, with Al Qaeda within a year and further he will pull all US troops from Iraq using the UN as cover-I really believe this.

[EQAndyBuzz]

I believe he would implement the draft as part of his education spending package. He said students would have to do some service for the country, what better way than to send them to Iraq.

Then he will blame the previous administration for putting us in Iraq. Then after WMD's are found he will say that he believed this the entire time.

.....pick up Al Qeida and the UN peace conference from here.