Thurlow said he would consider his award "fraudulent" if coming under enemy fire was the basis for it. "I am here to state that we weren't under fire," he said. He speculated that Kerry could have been the source of at least some of the language used in the citation.
Is this the beginning of his confession....is he trying to say neither one of them deserved the medal?
The consensus with the media will be that the book is innacurate and can't be trusted. If one sattement is off why bother following uo with anything else.
I would take this one with a grain of salt, too. You remember the Boston Globe invented a story about one of the Swift Boat vets recanting his story. The vet said the same day that the news story was a lie, and it was later found out that the story was fabricated. I wouldn't put anything past the main stream media. Again, we were all taken in under the pretense that these people are actually reporting the news.
I heard this described by one of the swift vets for truth.
I KNEW this was going to happen!!!!
All it takes is one, and their credibility is shot. Of course with EFnK, he can lie all day long and lose no credibility with the MSM.
Every living skipper who was on the mission - except Kerry - says that there was no "enemy fire".
This sort of thing still keeps the story alive. Kerry does not want this thing to keep being debated in the media. At some point he is going to have to go on Meet the Press or some other Sunday news show and answer the questions. It never helps a candidate to be off topic defending himself against charges. It's a loser for Kerry no matter what.
Thurlow has said he is willing to give up his medal if given under false pretenses.
Is Kerry willing to do the same?
The Swifties say that Kerry fled down the river.
http://one-holy-catholic-apostolic.org/journal/2004/08/15.htm
Very interesting interview of Ted Peck!
Of course, all us military types know how accurate military records tend to be, especially in award write-ups /sarcasm.
Thurlow said in a statement that he did not put in a report about the incident. He thought Kerry might have done it. He thought he got the medal for lifesaving efforts with the sailors in the water and for trying to save the boat and comfort the victims.
If he did not claim there was enemy fire, how can he have lied?