THE POINT OF NO RETURN - WHO'S KERRY? (by retired Admiral and Senator Jeremiah Denton)

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[doug from upland]

THE POINT OF NO RETURN-WHO'S KERRY?
By JEREMIAH DENTON 03/07/04

Knowing that I served in the U.S. Senate with John Kerry and that, like him, I am a veteran of the Vietnam War, many people have asked me what I think of him, particularly now that he's the apparent presidential nominee of the Democratic Party.

When Kerry joined me in the Senate, I already knew about his record of defamatory remarks and behavior criticizing U.S. policy in Vietnam and the conduct of our military personnel there. I had learned in North Vietnamese prisons how much harm such statements caused.

To me, his remarks and behavior amounted to giving aid and comfort to our Vietnamese and Soviet enemies. So I was not surprised when his subsequent overall voting pattern in the Senate was consistently detrimental to our national security.

Considering his demonstrated popularity during the Democratic primaries, I earnestly hope the American people will soberly consider Kerry's qualifications for the presidency in light of his position and record on both our cultural war at home and on national security issues.

To put it bluntly, John Kerry exemplifies the very reasons that I switched to the Republican Party. Like the majority in his political party, he has proven by his words and actions that his list of priorities -- his ideas on what most needs to be done to improve this country -- are almost opposite to my own.

Here are two issue areas that I consider top priorities: the war over the soul of America, and national security. Top priority should be placed on an effort to recover our most fundamental founding belief that our national objectives, policies and laws should reflect obedience to the will of Almighty God. Our Declaration of Independence, our national Constitution and each of the states' constitutions stress that basic American national principle.

For about 200 years, the entire country, both parties and all branches of government understood that principle and tried to follow it, if imperfectly. For some 50 years, our nation's opinion-makers, our courts and, gradually, our politicians have been abandoning our historical effort to be "one nation under God" in favor of becoming "one nation without God," with glaringly unfavorable results.

I believe our political leaders, educational system, parents and opinion-makers must all return to teaching the truth most emphasized by our Founding Fathers.

George Washington called religious belief indispensable to the prosperity of our democracy. William Penn said, "Men must choose to be governed by God or condemn themselves to be ruled by tyrants." And when asked what caused the Civil War, President Lincoln said, "We have forgotten God."

In these days we have not only forgotten God, we are by our new standards of government and culture rejecting him as the acknowledged creator and as the endower of our rights.

As a result, we are suffering cultural decay and human unhappiness. The decline of the institution of the family is the most obvious result. Perhaps the current movie, "The Passion of the Christ," will help many to come to realize the cost of the redemption of our sins, and the destructiveness of sin.

Let's remember that over 95 percent of Americans during our founding days were Christians, and though our Founding Fathers stipulated that no one was to be compelled to believe in any religion, and also stipulated that there would be no single Christian denomination installed as a national religion, there was no question that our laws were to be firmly based on the Judean Ten Commandments and on Christ's mandate to love your neighbor as you love yourself.

That setup brought us amazing success as a nation, lifting us from our humble beginnings, through crisis after crisis, to become the leading nation of the world.

Now, though, we are throwing away the very source of our strength and greatness. Yet I am not giving up on our country. I am encouraged at the stand and the attitude of our president, and inspired by his courage. There are many more of his stripe in Washington now.

Though Rome and other empires have decayed and fallen, the cultural war in the United States can and should be won by the majority of Americans -- a majority to whom Kerry and the Democrats disdainfully refer to as the "far right." They are people who believe in God and in the original concept of "one nation under God."

As a nation, we are now at the point of no return. The good guys are finally angry enough to join the fray, and I pray we are not too late. John Kerry is not among the good guys. The Democratic Party isn't, either.

Indeed, on the subject of national security, John Kerry epitomizes a fatal weakness in the Democratic Party. During the decisive days of the Cold War, after the Democratic Party changed during the mid-1960s, the party was on the wrong side of every strategic debate on policy regarding Vietnam and the USSR, and is now generally on the wrong side in the war on terrorism.

The truth is that the Cold War was barely won by a narrow margin -- a victory and a margin determined by the political choices made by our government regarding suitable steps to deter Soviet attack and finally win the Cold War.

If the U.S. had followed the Democratic Party line, the Cold War would have concluded with the U.S. having to surrender without a fight, or the U.S. would have been defeated in a nuclear war with acceptable losses to the USSR.

It was not Johnson and Carter and the Democrats; it was Nixon, Reagan, George Bush and the Republicans who led us to victory in the Cold War. And George W. Bush and the Republican majority -- not John Kerry and the Democrats -- can lead us to victory in the war on terrorism.

Jeremiah Denton is a retired Navy admiral who served in the U.S. Senate from 1981 to 1987. Readers can phone him at 473-1010, send e-mail to transff1@aol.com, or log on to his Web site at www.nff.org

[SuziQ]

Hey, the guy who wrote that article lives only a few miles from me!

[doug from upland]

Commander Sherman sounded like a great guy on the phone.

[SuziQ]

Jay Severin, who does a talk show out of Boston in the afternoons needs to hear from this man. He's going to be subbing fro Laura Ingraham soon, and he's refusing to interview John O'Neill, or any of the other Swift Boat men because he thinks they are just rumormongering. A woman called in today and was just baffled that he wouldn't even CONSIDER looking into the stories of these men, even though they were giving name, rank, and serial number, they're not just spouting anonymous allegations. Jay was really rude to her because he doesn't want to admit that maybe he could be wrong. He thinks the Repubs. who are following this up are somehow kooks and won't reflect too well on the rest of us.

I couldn't disagree with him more!

[Kitty Mittens]

John Kerry has no idea of the tsunami coming at him.

Oh, may it be so, our Great King and our God! In Thy Name, I plead for this to happen, O God!

[RetiredArmy]

Adm. Denton was brutally beaten by his communist prison guards while in the Hanoi Hilton. I believe it was Hal Holbrook who starred in a movie about Denton. It was brutal. If you can find the movie, get it and see it. Kerry's mouth and anti-war chant was used against Denton and the other prisoners. The slut Fonda also. Jerry Denton is a true American patriot.

[Kitty Mittens]

GREAT poem, Conspiracy Guy!!

[CyberCowboy777]

"Paul Galanti Speaks Out on Kerry" By John M. Glionna Los Angeles Times 02-20-2004

Although tired of the John Kerry subject, I think the world of our returned POWs and am interested in their perspective in regards to Mr. Kerry. Today I came across an article from the Cincinnati Post quoting ex-POW and former U.S. Navy pilot, Commander Paul Galanti, USN (Ret):

Paul Galanti learned of Kerry's speech while held captive inside North Vietnam's infamous "Hanoi Hilton" internment camp. The Navy pilot had been shot down in June 1966 and spent nearly seven years as a prisoner of war.

During torture sessions, he said, his captors cited the antiwar speeches as "an example of why we should cross over to (their) side."

"The Viet Cong didn't think they had to win the war on the battlefield," Galanti said, "because thanks to these protesters they were going to win it on the streets of San Francisco and Washington."

He says Kerry broke a covenant among servicemen never to make public criticisms that might jeopardize those still in battle or in the hands of the enemy. Because he did, Galanti said, "John Kerry was a traitor to the men he served with."

Now retired and living in Richmond, Va., Galanti, 64, refuses to cool his ire toward Kerry. "I don't plan to set it aside. I don't know anyone who does," he said. "The Vietnam Memorial has thousands of additional names due to John Kerry and others like him."

Galanti's military decorations include the Silver Star, Two Legions of Merit for combat, the Meritorious Service Medal, the Bronze Star for combat, nine Air Medals, the Navy Commendation Medal for combat and two Purple Hearts.

[Conspiracy Guy]

I read it with my fake Kerry voice. Makes it better.

[Diago]

bump

[CTOCS]

BZ Commander.

What squadron? What time frame?

I was with VQ-1 Det Bravo, Danang from April-December '68.

Flew C-121 Super Connies and A-3's. The VQ birds were out of Atsugi, Japan. We (The "Big Look" Spooks) were all out of NCS San Miguel, PI and Kami Seya, Japan.

We lost our fair share due to mortar attacks, shoot-downs, and crashes, but for the most part, we all made it back.

Regardless of the election outcome, John Kerry will never be my CINC. I won't stand when he enters the room, I won't salute him, I won't shake his hand. Hell, I wouldn't walk across the street to piss on him if he was on fire!!!!!

Jeremiah Denton, however, I would follow to the back of beyond.

[BykrBayb]

I've had the opportunity to meet Denton several times ...

I'm jealous. I was a little girl when I first heard of him. Since then I've always hoped that some day I'll be able to meet him. What an honor that would be!

[CTOCS]

Doug,

Didn't read far enough down the post. Thought I was responding to the CDR. Sorry about that......

[Dolphy]

I spoke with his office today before posting this. John Kerry has no idea of the tsunami coming at him. Veterans are very, very, very angry and will not allow this man who turned on his country and fellow comrades in arms to become the commander in chief. They are determined.

Forgive me if I should know, but do they have a specific plan to blast through the media blockade? I will head over to their site to look for contribution opportunities, I want to help them in any possible way.

[Kitty Mittens]

I just read it again, thinking of how it would sound in the Basset Hounds's Voice; LOL!! Thank you for posting your Fantastic poems, my Freeper Friend!

[Soaring Feather]

bump to the top

[Bahbah]

"Who caught that he was doing that?"

I am old enough to remember this, but it's long enough ago that things are fuzzy. The VC released film of our guys to demoralize us. One of the films was of Denton and I remember seeing it on the nightly news where they described that he was blinking in Morse Code. Presumably, the military studies these films carefully and someone picked up on the Code. It was riveting and chilling. Denton has my eternal admiration. John Kerry betrayed him and all the others. I wouldn't forgive him either.

[Laura Earl]

Amen Brother!!!

[blackie]

Bump for the good guys!

We are winning ~ the bad guys are losing ~ trolls, terrorists, democrats and the mainstream media are sad ~ very sad!

~~ Bush/Cheney 2004 ~~

[MeekOneGOP]

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Excellent anti-Kerry video laying out the VietNam case against him...

Great to forward and spread to the public.

http://www.stopjohn.com/movies/hanoi-john.htm

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Kerry Fitness Reports in Vietnam Show Him Unfit for Command
(Explodes Central Kerry Campaign Lie)

Kerry’s FITREPs are awash in dings, and some of the reports border on the adverse, particularly his combat FITREPs. The FITREPs convey significant performance problems and suggest problems in conduct, so much so that it is surprising that the campaign chose to release them. This may suggest that the FITREPs held from public view are even more adverse.

In what would customarily be an opportunity for a glowing “swan song” FITREP, the Commanding Officer of USS Gridley (DLG-21) tacitly blasts Kerry on his departure for Swift Boat duty by ranking him significantly below the norm in desirability for virtually every Navy assignment possible -– command, staff, whatever. He is a ship handler who is dinged in ship handling. He is in line for command, but his CO doesn’t want him near the bridge. He is slammed in all performance areas –- most notably and significantly in initiative and reliability. The “nice” narrative emphasizes performance in collateral duties, but in the grades and marks, the CO is telling the selection board and detailer loud and clear that this officer is lazy, unreliable and not suited for command. 3 SEP 68 (W.E. HARPER).

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WinterSoldier.com

[wardaddy]

but will the media give them a voice Doug?

I've never ever seen the media carry water like they are for Kerry.