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To: retrokitten

This asshole talks like he's been in uniform for 10 years......this prick was in 4 months....


3,459 posted on 07/29/2004 7:30:12 PM PDT by The Wizard (Democrats: enemies of America)
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To: The Wizard

Bring our troops home...DRINK!


3,499 posted on 07/29/2004 7:31:33 PM PDT by AF68
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He is sickening. I'm so glad my husband is out of the room. He would be throwing things for sure.

Did he even read this speech before he gave it??? It seem contradictory in places.


3,532 posted on 07/29/2004 7:32:35 PM PDT by retrokitten (mischief managed)
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To: The Wizard
This asshole talks like he's been in uniform for 10 years......this prick was in 4 months....

REALLY ONLY 4 MONTHS!

3,581 posted on 07/29/2004 7:34:22 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker (I predict a easy Bush landslide.)
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To: The Wizard
o In his April 1971 speech to the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, John Kerry claimed that war crimes committed by the American military against Vietnamese civilians were "not isolated incidents, but crimes committed on a day-to-day basis..." War crimes in Vietnam were actually quite rare.

o Kerry claimed that war crimes were being committed "with the full awareness of officers at all levels of command." In fact, military personnel were warned that "if you disobey the rules of engagement, you can be tried and punished." War crimes were never a matter of policy, and were prosecuted when discovered.

o Kerry charged that the war in Vietnam was a racist war, that "blacks provided the highest percentage of casualties." Research published in B.G. Burkett's book "Stolen Valor" and other sources shows that casualty rates for black and white soldiers during Vietnam closely matched the proportion of America's overall population represented by each race.

o Kerry claimed that Vietnam was "ravaged equally by American bombs and search-and-destroy missions as well as by Viet Cong terrorism..." Later in his remarks, Kerry responded to a question about what might happen to the South Vietnamese after our withdrawal with "So what I am saying is that yes, there will be some recrimination but far, far less than the 200,000 a year who are murdered by the United States of America..." Yet according to historian Guenter Lewy in "America in Vietnam," "...the number of civilians killed deliberately by the VC is appallingly high. No counterpart to this death toll caused by communist terror tactics exists on the allied side."

3,596 posted on 07/29/2004 7:34:47 PM PDT by John Lenin
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