I Have a Question???????????

[Dolphy]

Can anyone explain why Vietnam Veterans for a Just Peace (Kessler/O'Neill's Group) was not allowed to testify before the Senate Committee at which Kerry made his allegations in 1971?

I believe O'Neill was told that they didn't have room for any additional witnesses.

[Tallguy]

However, I did take part in free fire zones and I did take part in harassment interdiction fire.

Question to you combat vets about the term "interdiction fire":

I always thought interdiction fire was done by a weapons system capable of indirect fire, ie. artillery, aircraft, etc., the idea being to deny the enemy the ability to move men & supplies through a given area. If I am right, just how is this done with the weapons that Lt. Kerry had available to him on his Swift Boat? His heaviest weapon was a twin .50 (which is a direct fire weapon) or possible a grenade launcher (rather short range for interdiction fire). Just wondering what he might have meant since Sen. Kerry considered that activity a "war crime" until fairly recently.

[Mo1]

This is strictly between the Swifties and kerry.

Exactly

[expatpat]

The Republican party isn't getting involved in this in any way at all. To me, that's the best way to go. This is strictly between the Swifties and kerry.

Exactly. And Bush shouldn't even touch the topic unless asked a direct question in, say, a press conference. Then he should say he does not have any knowledge of where the truth lies, and each voter must make his/her own mind up on it.

[Chieftain]

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[evets]

Kerry had knowlege of Hague, and Geneva Conventions...
before he didn't have knowledge of them....Kerry-esque.

[Little Bill]

As I understand it, 25th Division ROE, a free fire zone was an area where you did not need permission to return fire when fired up on. Harassment and Interdiction fire was that which placed areas of likely enemy activity in a Free Fire zone under fire, artillery mostly.

A Free Fire zone was Indian Territory, such as War Zone C and D for example. This BS about Free fire zones galls my kybes, if it was enemy controlled, as defined by the RVN Provence Chief and US LNO it was free fire if not you had to ask permission to return fire.

[Boazo]

#11 Well said indeed.

[gilliam]

What I have heard from the swiftboat vets (might be in the book) is that Kerry thought a free fire zone meant that you shot at anything you saw there.

There are witnesses to him shooting animals in a vacated village and burning down the huts there for no apparent reason.

Neither of these are 'actionable' however they are inappropriate activities.

[hiredhand]

HA! HA! HA ...that's good! :-)