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I added my review ... here it is ...

what are the odds of them actually posting it??????

The message of the book is that Kerry, the man who would be President, has abused his military service dishonestly for personal and political ends, first in 1971 when he made false claims about war crimes among the Swift vet operation, and second in this political season when he wrapped himself around his 16 weeks of being in Vietnam. The book is well-researched and has the first-hand eyewitness accounts of men who served with Kerry in his unit and explain what he really did, what he says he did, and why Kerry's stories and facts dont line up.

Kerry's "Christmas in Cambodia" story, that he told 50 times over 20 years, is debunked in this book as a total fairytale, and one that Kerry invented in the last 1970s long after his own diary had recorded a different account. And now the Kerry campaign is back-pedalling on it. Medals are dissected: like explaining how Kerry's silver star medal citation (of 'superior enemy forces') doesnt match even his own account in his biography and the reality ('single wounded fleeing VC'); the first purple heart was a sliver of shrapnel 1mm by 1cm, that came from his own grenade, that his officer, Hibbard, said he shouldnt put in for. It paints Kerry as a medal-chaser, which explains how Kerry could get 3 purple hearts in a mere 16 weeks yet not spend even a day in hospital.

The medal-chasing fits, though, in the context of a man who had a political agenda before he even joined the Navy, who was actually anti-war in 1966, well before he came to Vietnam, and who chose the duties he did because at the time they were safe routes of service.

Why are obscure events 35 years ago so important, when Kerry spent less time in Vietnam than people spend in a single semester in College? Because Kerry made it the centerpiece of his case against his Democratic opponents and now against Bush. That the 'case' Kerry makes is an exagerrated and fictionalized version of events then is of import to understanding the real Kerry. To date in this campaign, Kerry has not been called to account for his defamations against the military.

The real reason for my review, though: There were 20 REVIEWS of this book on Amazon, all positive. It would make these comments superfluous. And they disappeared. It's a sign of panic by the Kerry camp and fellow Liberals that this honest, well-researched and solid book and the 250 Swift boat veterans who stand behind it have been subjected to scathing ad hominem attacks and smearing (eg authors called 'right-wing Republican attack dogs' even though John O'Neill voted for Gore in 2000). The real story, that 20 out 23 of Kerry's fellow officers in his unit are behind this effort and oppose Kerry, that the chain of command above Kerry is a part of the Swift veterans for truth, and that 1 of this crewmates is as well, is ignored in those attacks that try to paint these men as people who didnt serve with Kerry. They did, and they are now on the record on their views of what he really did and what kind of man Kerry really is. Why the conspiracy to squash this book?

Is amazon getting 'hacked'?

If you read the book, you'd understand the panic. It really does prove how Kerry's behavior then and now makes him "unfit for command".