Kerry was asked to leave Vietnam: Kevin McCullough reveals why prez wannabe lasted only 4 months

WorldNetDaily.com ^ | Friday, August 6, 2004 | Kevin McCullough

[JohnHuang2]

Friday, August 6, 2004

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Kerry was asked to leave Vietnam

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Posted: August 6, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern

By Kevin McCullough

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© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com

The image Americans were asked to believe, at the Democratic National Convention, of a John Kerry who "defended this nation" as a soldier in Vietnam and "will defend this nation" as its commander in chief has hit a snag.

The soldiers he served alongside of don't really believe that he did defend his country very well. And as one of his former commanding officers told my radio show on Wednesday, Kerry's chain of command was so fed up with his actions, they asked him to go home after he received his third purple heart.

Retired U.S. Navy officer Thomas Wright served our nation for 21 years. He also served as one of Kerry's superiors in the tough assignment of SWIFT Boat (Shallow Water Inshore Fast Tactical) patrols on the southern tip of Vietnam. Lt. Wright frequently experienced trouble with Kerry.

According to Wright, Kerry frequently broke protocols of engagement for SWIFT Boat commanders.

When you're in a group (of boats on patrol) you don't open fire unless the person in charge tells you to or unless you are defending yourself from an immediate attack ... I'd have problems because we'd be running on a river and Kerry would see something off in the distance and he'd take a pot-shot at it, to see what happened. And that wasn't the way we were trying to run the patrols.

We were trying to get in and find out what was going on, and hopefully make contact and begin to work with some of the people that lived there ... And you don't get to go shake their hands when you're shooting at them.

I asked Wright how Kerry would respond to the necessary correction that would follow such unilateral actions.

Well, during the mission you just continue to issue the orders that you expect people to follow and, if they don't do them, you would continue to press until you got the results that you need.

After a mission, is generally when you work out the more difficult problems. And those are done in private.

I'd go talk to John Kerry and I'd tell him that I was unhappy with his opening fire, or pulling out of a column when he wasn't supposed to, or failing to communicate when he needed to ... And I'd always get an excuse. I wouldn't get a direct answer.

I'd get "I didn't hear that," or "We thought we saw something" or "My radio was on the other side of the boat" or "I didn't have time." It was always an excuse. After three or four times ... I went to the division commander, told him about the problems I [had] been having and told him [the commander] that he needed to take steps to correct it.

That brought me to the shocker of the interview. To hear John Kerry speak about his time in Vietnam is to hear a self-personified story of heroics. Lt. Wright remembers what happened after Kerry's third purple heart quite differently.

When he got his third purple heart, that evening, and we didn't particularly care what it was for, we knew that he had three. That evening, I and two other people went in and told him that we felt that he should go home. It was something that he could do ... He told us that he didn't want that, it was his intention to serve his country, and the next morning he was gone. And we were happy and didn't worry about it.

John Kerry was barely able to endure four months on SWIFT Boat detail. Since I am sure the War on Terror will endure a bit longer than that, the idea of him commanding our troops with his unsteady hand is making me ... well ... seasick.

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Editor's note: The actual audio of this entire interview can be heard on Kevin McCullough's website.

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Kevin McCullough is heard daily from 1 to 4 p.m. EST in New York City on AM 570 WMCA, and in New Jersey on AM 970 WWDJ. Additionally, you can read his daily postings at The KMC Blog. For information on how to bring "The Kevin McCullough Show" to a station near you, call Dave Armstrong at 201-298-5700.

[BSunday]

as a soldier

As a navy man, this has always bothered me. Why would a self-respecting naval office EVER call himself a soldier ????

[netmilsmom]

If one looks in the DSM-IV, which is the diagnostic book for Psychological problems, methinks that when one looks up Narcissitic Personality Disorder, Kerry can easily be found.

Check it out...

Narcissistic Personality Disorder
Beginning by early adult life, grandiosity (fantasized or actual), lack of empathy and need for admiration are present in a variety of situations and shown by at least 5 of:
-A grandiose sense of self-importance (patient exaggerates own abilities and accomplishments)
-Preoccupation with fantasies of beauty, brilliance, ideal love, power or limitless success
-Belief that personal uniqueness renders the patient fit only for association with (or understanding by) people or institutions of rarefied status
-Need for excessive admiration
-A sense of entitlement (patient unreasonably expects favorable treatment or automatic granting of own wishes
-Exploitation of others to achieve personal goals
-Lack of empathy (patient does not recognize or identify with the feelings and needs of others)
-Frequent envy of others or belief that others envy patient
-Arrogance or haughtiness in attitude or behavior


He only needs 5 of these to be medicated. However, I'm seeing that this fits most Dems.

[sauropod]

That question should be asked of Susan Estrogen.

After seeing her "performance" on Hannity and Commie last night, my opinion of her dropped about 60 notches from deluded but pretty nice moderate 'Rat to being on a par with Bob Shrum, Bob Mulholland and James CarVILE.

[Just mythoughts]

"This contradicts the account of another swiftboat vet I heard today who says Kerry dug up "an obscure regulation" about being sent home after three Purple Hearts himself. Which would explain why he was so determined to get them awarded for self-inflicted splinters and rice wounds in the butt."


Not sure where you see a contradiction.

We are talking about JFKerry who will say whatever is necessary to get what he wants. Now according to this --

"When he got his third purple heart, that evening, and we didn't particularly care what it was for, we knew that he had three. That evening, I and two other people went in and told him that we felt that he should go home. It was something that he could do ... He told us that he didn't want that, it was his intention to serve his country, and the next morning he was gone. And we were happy and didn't worry about it."


There is no way JFKerry wanted it written anywhere that he was being sent home, and this appears to be a private meeting.

JFKerry is know for telling different stories to different people. He is not known for his honesty, and he has perfected his art of denial. We need only to check his words about "voting against additional spending" after he "voted for it".

What kind of a mind has the forethought to "reenactment" fake gun fights in the jungle, when he served on a "boat" and then spend the rest of his life continuously watching these "reenactment" over and over again?????

[auboy]

He only needs 5 of these to be medicated. However, I'm seeing that this fits most Dems.

Fits John McCain, too. Oops, that's right. He's really a Dem.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

I fail to understand why he wasn't relieved of duty and forced to resign his commission. Loose cannon, negative attitude against the war, self serving interests and cowardly conduct = put his sorry ass out. Evil triumphs when good men/women do nothing!! Bush/Cheney 2004

[OKSooner]

BTTT

[The Mayor]

Bump!

[AmericanInTokyo]

Good morning.

Take a Google search this Friday a.m. of American news articles on the John Kerry Swift Boat issue appearing this morning:

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&edition=us&ie=UTF-8&newsclusterurl=http://money.cnn.com/cnn/2004/ALLPOLITICS/08/05/kerry.veterans/

Sheesh, it's nearly 1/3rd "Sen. McCain..this and that" either in the headlines or in the first few paragraphs. Rather than the seriousness of the charges, the nature of the charges themselves. The lib press is so blatant.

Of course, they cannot allow this to grow legs, because it will indict the press as not having done their job, i.e., in researching this, months and years ago. So defacto, not only wanting to defeat Bush, they need to save their own face in the whole rotten thing, by causing it to "disappear" just as they did with Sandy Berger's crimes and the Kerry Staff Sex Scandal.

[auboy]

Good evening.

You may be on the other side of the world, but your eyes are wide open and your mind is alert, unlike many here at home.

You are absolutely right. Of course, they cannot allow this to grow legs, because it will indict the press as not having done their job…

[Milligan]

I watched Hannity & Colmes last night. I thought the Colmes side was right because the other swiftboat operators were not on his craft to observe his leadership skills...then I listen to the radio show.
Kerry has problems working with others and follow rules of engagement. He was a loose cannon and the other swiftboat operators were getting nervous with his recklessness out on patrol!
The swiftboats worked in groups. Kerry was not command of the swiftboats. He was a lowly LT(jg) just starting out. It sounds like Kerry didn't listen to instructions given to him by the group leader. His ego got in the way and trying to be another JFK. When Kerry was reprimanded for his rash actions, he gave many excuses why he didn't follow the rules. Kerry thought he was better than everybody else and didn't comprehend his actions were putting the group in danger. That's why they sent Kerry home. That's a character flaw throughout his life.
I rather stick with Bush. I think the man is honest. He will put his country first and not his ego. I trust Bush. I think the troops trust him too. We need real leadership during uncertain times.

[jojodamofo]

I remember that too. I think we need to stick with the second story -- it makes more sense and it makes him look like a pathetic cowardly lawyer creep.

[TheSpottedOwl]

If LeJean was asked to leave, it can explain his rapid change from gung-ho Navy man to crusading anti-war protestor. It can also explain how he became so eager to malign the war, the servicemen, and the country itself.

That is an excellent point. This whole time I've wondered what turned Kerry into a Commie. This explanation works for me. What a freakin' baby!

[Podkayne]

Lucky Pierre has had an axe to grind against the military since he was knee high to a grasshoppper. Either that or a behavioural disorder known as trust-fund-itis where you don't really need to take orders from the hoi poloi, - they are too easy to fool, lie to and otheriwse ignore.

[reformedliberal]

I doubt any one event *turned* Kerry.

Everything in this man's life reeks of opportunism and self-serving behavior. If becoming either a born-again Christian or satanic cult member had served his ultimate goals, he would have become either, IMO.

I don't think he is even a communist. He came home and was an aide to an Admiral, a position he used to campaign for Congress. He lost that race, which, IIRC, he ran as a straight-arrow member of the establishment. It was after he lost the race that he hooked up w/VVAG and jumped on the anti-war bandwagon to gain a platform.

[Fiddlstix]

BTTT

[mean lunch lady]

..."If one looks in the DSM-IV, which is the diagnostic book for Psychological problems, methinks that when one looks up Narcissitic Personality Disorder, Kerry can easily be found."...

Wow you are right. I looked in there and they actually have John Kerry's picture in the book. LOL

[TheSpottedOwl]

Everything in this man's life reeks of opportunism and self-serving behavior. If becoming either a born-again Christian or satanic cult member had served his ultimate goals, he would have become either, IMO.

It's difficult to deal with people like Kerry, Clinton, and others who are probably either sociopaths or narcissists. It's like trying to catch smoke. I figured that boy Kerry was peeved that he couldn't be "heroic like JFK", so he decided to get his name out in the public by a different route. Your assessment is a valid one, also. He's an onion. Keep peeling away the layers, and there is nothing left.

The one thing we all have to remember is that his selfish, infantile tactics put our military in danger. He caused our POW's to suffer even more, and men were killed because of his actions.

[Ciexyz]

The story about "Three Bandaid Kerry" is getting out, even with the liberal media reducing it to the John McCain spin.

[thegreatbeast]

The fact is that Kerry was anti-war before he went to Viet Nam. This fact is supposed to be disclosed in a book Kerry's father wrote. But up to that time it was de rigueur for an aspiring politician to have service time on his resume. Kerry's service was as cynical as Bill Clinton's non-service. His attitude explains how he came into the obscure knowledge of getting a ticket home after acquiring a third Purple Heart. That was not something many people knew about.